Both Uses of
inquisition
in
For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Their old one that they had before the new religion came from the far end of the Mediterranean, the one they have never abandoned but only suppressed and hidden to bring it out again in wars and inquisitions.†
Chpt 23 *
- They were paying for the Inquisition now, all right.†
Chpt 31
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