inquisitorial

inquisitorial

English

Etymology

inquisitory +‎ -ial

Adjective

inquisitorial (comparative more inquisitorial, superlative most inquisitorial)

1. Of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition.
2. In a manner of inquisition or inquisitors.
   • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:

     Those few who by some luck happen to escape the madness of social hypnotization are afraid to give expression to their thoughts, because they are terrorized by the inquisitorial intolerance of crazed mobs and frenzied nations.

3. (law) Describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge.

Derived terms

• inquisitorial system

Related terms

• inquest
• inquisition
• inquisitor

Translations

Of or pertaining to an inquisition

Manx: ard-eyshtagh Romanian: inchizitorial (ro)

describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge

Finnish: inkvisitorinen (fi)

See also

• (legal): procurator

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French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

inquisitorial (feminine inquisitoriale, masculine plural inquisitoriaux, feminine plural inquisitoriales)

1. inquisitorial (all senses)

Further reading

• “inquisitorial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Adjective

inquisitorial (plural inquisitoriales)

1. inquisitorial

Further reading

• “inquisitorial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014