The Only Use of
inquisition
in
The Crucible
- 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
Definition:
common noun: questioning or investigation -- often harsh questioning or investigation
or:
proper noun: a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (or their investigations) created to discover and suppress heresy
or:
proper noun: a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (or their investigations) created to discover and suppress heresy