inquisitorial

English

Etymology

From inquisitory +‎ -ial.

Adjective

inquisitorial (comparative more inquisitorial, superlative most inquisitorial)

1. Of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition.
   • 1980 April 12, John Kyper, “Poisoned”, in Gay Community News, page 4:

     To parody the inquisitorial rhetoric of another age, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a boy-lover.

2. In a manner of inquisition or inquisitors.
   • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:

     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.

3. (law) Describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge.

Derived terms

• inquisitorial system

Related terms

• inquest
• inquisition
• inquisitor

Translations

Of or pertaining to an inquisition

• Manx: ard-eyshtagh
• Romanian: inchizitorial (ro)

describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge

• Finnish: inkvisitorinen (fi)

See also

• (legal): procurator

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

inquisitorial (feminine inquisitoriale, masculine plural inquisitoriaux, feminine plural inquisitoriales)

1. inquisitorial (all senses)

Further reading

• “inquisitorial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Adjective

inquisitorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural inquisitoriales)

1. inquisitorial

Further reading

• “inquisitorial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014