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CONGREGATION OF THE INQUISITION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number of Protestants
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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