inquisitor (one who inquires or makes inquisition)

  • 1inquisitor — noun Date: 1504 one who inquires or makes inquisition; especially one who is unduly harsh, severe, or hostile in making an inquiry • inquisitorial adjective • inquisitorially adverb …

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  • 2The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python) — The Spanish Inquisition is a series of sketches in Monty Python s Flying Circus, Series 2 Episode 2, first broadcast 22 September 1970, parodying the real life Spanish Inquisition. This episode is itself entitled The Spanish Inquisition . The… …

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