INQUISITION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
   Hypernyms(s) inquisition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • interrogation (what does interrogation mean?)
   • examination (what does examination mean?)
   • interrogatory (what does interrogatory mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy
   Hypernyms(s) Inquisition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • court (what does court mean?)
   • tribunal (what does tribunal mean?)
   • judicature (what does judicature mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Spanish Inquisition (what does Spanish Inquisition mean?)