Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Given to inquisition, or making strict inquiry; inquisitorial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Inquisitorial.
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- adjective
inquisitorial
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Examples
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And this was the rare morsel so officiously snatched up, and so ill-favouredly imitated by our inquisiturient bishops, and the attendant minorites their chaplains.
Areopagitica 2007
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And this was the rare morsel so officiously snatched up, and so ill-favouredly imitated by our inquisiturient bishops, and the attendant minorites their chaplains.
Areopagitica 2007
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And this was the rare morsel so officiously snatched up, and so ill-favoredly imitated by our inquisiturient bishops, and the attendant minorities, their chaplains.
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And this was the rare morsel so officiously snatched up, and so ill-favouredly imitated by our inquisiturient bishops, and the attendant minorites their chaplains.
Areopagitica A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England John Milton 1641
whichbe commented on the word inquisiturient
Eager to act as an inquisitor. (from Phrontistery)
May 24, 2008