ROMAN INQUISITION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number of Protestants

Example:

it was the Roman Inquisition that put Galileo on trial

Synonyms:

Congregation of the Inquisition; Roman Inquisition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Instance hypernyms:

Inquisition (a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy)

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