Found 2 items, similar to inquisitorial.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: inquisitorial
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”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Inquisitorial
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.
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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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2. Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its
practices.
“Inquisitorial robes.” --C. Buchanan.
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