All 3 Uses of
inquisition
in
1984 by Orwell
- In the Middle Ages there was the Inquisition.
p. 253..7inquisition = an investigation to discover and suppress heresy against the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church
- Because the Inquisition killed its enemies in the open, and killed them while they were still unrepentant: in fact, it killed them because they were unrepentant.
p. 253..8
- The Russians persecuted heresy more cruelly than the Inquisition had done.
p. 254..1 *
Definition:
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(inquisition) common noun: questioning or investigation -- often implying harsh questioning
or:
proper noun: a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (or their investigations) created to discover and suppress heresy