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An inquisition is a long, serious, and often harsh series of questions - like being . Written with a capital letter, 'the Inquisition' refers to a real historical event: a powerful court run by the Catholic Church that investigated and punished people accused of holding beliefs against the church.
審問；盤問；(大寫)宗教裁判所
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Inquisitionname
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historicalA tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church set up to investigate and suppress heresy.
- We know from history that the Catholic Church has historically murdered, mutilated, castrated, maimed, imprisoned and flogged homosexuals. Catholic atrocities during the Inquisition are well documented and cannot be denied. The Church no longer does those things to homosexuals, but it violates their human rights in other ways.
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A harsh or rigorous interrogation that violates one’s rights.
inquisitionnoun/ˌɪŋkwɪˈzɪʃən/
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An inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter.
- But as farrefoorth as I coulde learne, through earneſt inquiſition I thoughte in my conſcience the woman was not gilty, all the circumſtances well conſydered.
- Let not search and inquisition quail / To bring again these foolish runaways.
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An inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter.
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An inquest.
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A questioning.
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The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
- The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of the county.
inquisitionverb/ˌɪŋkwɪˈzɪʃən/
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obsoleteTo make inquisition concerning; to inquire into.
- And in their name I shall for neither friend nor foe conceal what the general murmur is ; that if it come to inquisitioning again
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。