inquisitor

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An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly
one who makes an investigation
a questioner who is excessively harsh
An inquisitive person; one fond of asking questions
An inquisitor is someone who is asking someone else a series of questions, especially in a rather hostile way or as part of an inquisition
a questioner who is excessively harsh an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
A member of the Court of Inquisition
{i} interrogator, investigator; questioner, inquisitive person
One whose official duty it is to examine and inquire, as coroners, sheriffs, etc
inquisitorial
in a manner of inquisition or inquisitors

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.

inquisitorial
of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition
ınquisitor
{n} an officer of the inquisition
grand inquisitor
director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal)
inquisitorial
Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its practices
inquisitorial
Of or pertaining to an inquisition
inquisitorial
Describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge
inquisitorial
having the authority to conduct official investigations; "the inquisitorial power of the Senate"
inquisitorial
having the authority to conduct official investigations; "the inquisitorial power of the Senate" marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor; "the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism"; "a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents"- Waldo Frank especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge
inquisitorial
Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power
inquisitorial
marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor; "the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism"; "a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents"- Waldo Frank
inquisitorial
If you describe something or someone as inquisitorial, you mean they resemble things or people in an inquisition. The next hearings will be structured differently in order to minimize the inquisitorial atmosphere
inquisitorial
{s} of or pertaining to an investigator; of the nature of an investigator, questioning, inquisitive; nosy, prying
inquisitorial
especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge
inquisitors
plural of inquisitor
inquisitor
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