Inquisition /(?)/

In·qui·si·tion

Inquisition

n.
  1. The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation.
    As I could learn through earnest inquisition.
    Let not search and inquisition quail To bring again these foolish runaways.
  2. Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest. (Law)
    The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of the county.
  3. A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to Spain, Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of Italy. (R. C. Ch.)

Inquisition

v. t.
  1. To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into. [Obs.]