inquisitorial
- adjective
- /ɪnˌkwɪzɪˈtɔːriəl/
- Specialized
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inquisitorial
- However, according to the inquisitorial text, a serious sin she had committed before her marriage worried her, so she left this sin out of her Lent confession the following year and avoided Communion at Easter by telling her husband that young people in Lafage were not accustomed to taking the Eucharist.
- inquisitorial process
- inquisitorial text
Examples
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Obviously, it must be treated with immense caution, especially in view of the tendency of southern French inquisitorial documents to reduce most situations to binaries of orthodoxy/heresy or belief/disbelief, even as they seem to offer glimpses into otherwise undocumented areas of lay spirituality.
Academic text (2006) -
But the inquisitorial nature of the IPM is substantially reinforced by the higher rank in the military hierarchy of the one responsible for conducting the IPM in relation to the person indicted.
Academic text (1999) -
The rich history of Tecamachalco, now a municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla, plays an important role in the inquisitorial investigation into the misuse of church symbols.
Blog text (32) -
At this juncture, it is important to be clear about the principal differences between inquisitorial and accusatorial judicial processes, and to remember that the Santo Oficio, despite its use of prosecuting and defense attorneys, was an archetypal inquisitorial process.
Academic text (2000) -
While every possible reading of the inquisitorial text indicates that Aude was not (in any sense) a heretic, she had—as the scribe repeatedly emphasizes—"erred."
Academic text (2006) -
From a strictly theological standpoint, however, her train of thought was eminently rational: she had just been reminded of the realities of normal human childbirth, and as an orthodox Christian (the inquisitorial text reminds us), she believed that Christ had taken flesh from the Virgin Mary.
Academic text (2006) -
In Egypt's legal system, judges play an inquisitorial role, actively collecting evidence and questioning witnesses during trials.
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The inquisitorial approach allows investigators to gather information directly from suspects, rather than relying solely on testimony.
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Many legal scholars argue that an inquisitorial system provides a more thorough examination of the evidence than an adversarial one.
Synonyms
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5.1
Made to find out facts by careful checking
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6.8
Intended to find facts or information
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7.1
Relating to an official inquiry by police or government to find facts
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8.9
Using harsh, repeated questions that make someone feel nervous
Asking careful questions to find facts or details
Antonyms
- Formal
A legal system where a person is blamed in public and tried while the judge stays neutral
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
inquisitorial = inquisitor (transparent) = inquisitor + ial
Derived from 'inquisitor' with the regular adjectival suffix '-ial'; the legal/administrative sense is a direct extension of 'of or characteristic of an inquisitor'.
Etymology
Inquisitorial comes from the same root as inquire and inquiry, with the parts in- 'into' and quaerere 'to ask' or 'seek'. In law this grew into an inquisitorial process where judges or officials themselves look for the facts, so the word means an active, official investigation.