Both Uses
inquisition
in
Atlas Shrugged
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- He left, because the lord of the Inquisition did not approve of his manner of thinking and suggested, at a court banquet, that he change it.†
Chpt 1.5 *
- Sebastian d'Anconia threw the contents of his wine glass at the face of the lord of the Inquisition, and escaped before he could be seized.†
Chpt 1.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(inquisition) intense or harsh questioning or investigation; more specifically, a church court (especially in Roman Catholic history) set up to find and punish heresy
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)