01 a. Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power.
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Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power.“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.
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Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its practices.