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    ROMAN INQUISITION

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number of Protestantsplay

    Example:

    it was the Roman Inquisition that put Galileo on trial

    Synonyms:

    Congregation of the Inquisition; Roman Inquisition

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Instance hypernyms:

    Inquisition (a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy)

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