inquisitorial
UK/ɪnˌkwɪzɪˈtɔːɹiəl/US/ɪnˌkwɪzəˈtɔɹiəl/
inquisitorial adjective: of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition.
Adjective
inquisitorial (comparative more inquisitorial, superlative most inquisitorial)
- Of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition.
- To parody the inquisitorial rhetoric of another age, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a boy-lover.1980 April 12, John Kyper, “Poisoned”, in Gay Community News, page 4
- In a manner of inquisition or inquisitors.
- Those few who by some luck happen to escape the madness of social hypnotization are afraid to give expression to their thoughts, because they are terrorized by the inquisitorial intolerance of crazed mobs and frenzied nations.1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress
- Describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge.
Forms of inquisitorial
| comparative | more inquisitorial |
|---|---|
| superlative | most inquisitorial |
Origin of inquisitorial
From inquisitory + -ial.
Words formed from inquisitorial
Phrases with inquisitorial
Words that rhyme with inquisitorial
- memorial
- monitorial
- territorial
- accessorial
- arboreal
- categorial
- equatorial
- factorial
- pictorial
- sartorial
- senatorial
- tutorial
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- accusatorial
- assessorial
- censorial
- combinatorial
- conspiratorial
- corporeal
- cursorial
- dictatorial
- directorial
- editorial
- enchorial
- epichorial
- executorial
- grallatorial
- imperatorial
- incorporeal
- intracorporeal
- lavatorial
- marmoreal
- multifactorial
- observatorial
- piscatorial
- primorial
- promontorial
- proprietorial
- purgatorial
- rasorial
- responsorial
- saltatorial
- scansorial
- sectorial
- spectatorial
- suctorial
- tectorial
- uxorial
- vectorial
- advertorial
- agitatorial
- amatorial
- ambassadorial
- ambulatorial
- ancestorial
- armorial
- assertorial
- auctorial
- auditorial
- authorial
- boreal
Questions about inquisitorial
- What does inquisitorial mean?
- Inquisitorial means of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition.
- What part of speech is inquisitorial?
- Inquisitorial is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce inquisitorial?
- Inquisitorial is pronounced /ɪnˌkwɪzɪˈtɔːɹiəl/ (UK).
Words near inquisitorial in the dictionary
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