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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inquisitorial \In*quis`i*to"ri*al\, a. [Cf. F. inquisitorial.] 1. Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as inquisitorial power. ``Illiberal and inquisitorial abuse.'' --F. Blackburne. He conferred on it a kind of inquisitorial and censorious power even over the laity, and directed it to inquire into all matters of conscience. --Hume. 2. Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its practices. ``Inquisitorial robes.'' --C. Buchanan. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inquisitorial adj 1: especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge [ant: {accusatorial}] 2: marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor; "the press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism"; "a practical police force with true inquisitorial talents"- Waldo Frank 3: having the authority to conduct official investigations; "the inquisitorial power of the Senate"
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