| 单词 |
inquisitional |
| 释义 |
inquisitional, a.|ɪnkwɪˈzɪʃənəl| [f. as prec. + -al1. Cf. med.L. inquīsītiōnālis (1376 in Du Cange).] Of or pertaining to the Inquisition; of or pertaining to inquisition or inquiry, esp. such as is harsh, strict, or prying; inquisitorial.
1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 54 Look..whether those places be one scruple the better, the honester, the wiser, the chaster, since all the inquisitionall rigor that hath bin executed upon books. 1738Warburton Div. Legat. I. Ded. 9 To shew them what dismal Effects that inquisitional Spirit..would have on Literature in general. 1839J. Rogers Antipopopr. ii. ii. ii. 119 The Bishop of Leon was an agent in England for the cruel and inquisitional Don Carlos. 1864Sir M. Stephenson in Athenæum 3 Sept. 297/2 From its..vexatious inquisitional character, and uncertainty. |

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