inquisitorial

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INQUISITO'RIAL, adjective Pertaining to inquisition; as inquisitorial power. 1. Pertaining to the catholic court of inquisition; as inquisitorial tragedy. Inquisitorial robes.
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