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Definition
common noun: questioning or investigation — often implying harsh questioning
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proper noun: a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (or their investigations) created to discover and suppress heresy
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proper noun: a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (or their investigations) created to discover and suppress heresy
- I conjured him "to conceal from all persons what I had told him of the Houyhnhnms; because the least hint of such a story would not only draw numbers of people to see me, but probably put me in danger of being imprisoned, or burnt by the Inquisition."Part 4 — A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnms (89% in)
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