The Only Use
inquisition
in
The Crucible
(Edited)
- The Catholic Church, through its Inquisition, is famous for cultivating Lucifer as the arch-fiend, but the Church's enemies relied no less upon the Old Boy to keep the human mind enthralled.
p. 34.3inquisition = former investigations of the Roman Catholic Church undertaken to discover and suppress heresy
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)