Roman Inquisition

Other forms: Roman Inquisitions

Definitions of Roman Inquisition
  1. noun
    an inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number of Protestants
    “it was the Roman Inquisition that put Galileo on trial”
    synonyms: Congregation of the Inquisition
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    Inquisition
    a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy
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