Inquisition

//ˌɪŋkwɪˈzɪʃən//

Synonyms for "inquisition" (50 found)

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Translations

30 translations across 21 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • مَحَاكِمُ التَّفْتِيش name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • разпит noun (questioning)
  • разследване noun (inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 宗教裁判所 name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)
  • 異端裁判所 /异端裁判所 name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)

Czech

1 entries
  • inkvizice name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • enketo noun (inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter)
  • inkvizicio noun (inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter)

Finnish

2 entries
  • inkvisitio name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)
  • inkvisitio name (harsh or rigorous interrogation)

French

1 entries
  • Inquisition name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)

German

3 entries
  • Glaubensgericht name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)
  • Inquisition name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)
  • Ketzergericht name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)

Greek

1 entries
  • Ιερά Εξέταση name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • inkvizíció name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 異端審問 name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)

Korean

1 entries
  • 이단심문 name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)

Latin

1 entries
  • Inquisitio name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)

Malay

1 entries
  • Pasitan name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)

Persian

2 entries
  • انکیزیسیون name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)
  • تفتیش عقاید name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)

Polish

2 entries
  • inkwizycja name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)
  • inkwizycja name (harsh or rigorous interrogation)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • Inquisição name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)

Russian

2 entries
  • инквизи́ция name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)
  • инквизи́ция name (harsh or rigorous interrogation)

Spanish

1 entries
  • Inquisición name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)

Swedish

1 entries
  • inkvisition name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)

Turkish

1 entries
  • engizisyon name (tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church)

Sample sentences

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Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

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Jews fled the Spanish Inquisition and took shelter in the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth century.

Source: tatoeba (1041877)

The Holy Inquisition started with Pope Lucius III.

Source: tatoeba (1220034)

Women were the ones who suffered the most during the Inquisition.

Source: tatoeba (1330993)

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