inˈquisitory, a. ? Obs.
[ad. med.L. inquīsītōri-us, f. inquīsītor: see above.]
= inquisitorial (usually in sense 1).
| 1639 R. Gentilis Servita's Inquis. in Hist. Counc. Trent (1676) 836 This enterprise of the Fathers Inquisitory was much furthered by the Emperor Frederick the Second..in the year 1244. 1726 Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 274 In private he rails at the queries, and says he will never give way to the inquisitory method. 1736 Chandler Hist. Persec. 45 Alexander's inquisitory temper. Ibid. 166 He severely rebuked the assessors of the Inquisitory tribunal. 1826 E. Irving Babylon I. ii. 125 To escape the violent or mutilating hands of their inquisitory acts, and Expurgatory Indices. |