Holy Office
a congregation founded in 1542 to succeed the suppressed Inquisition and entrusted with matters pertaining to faith and morals, as the judgment of heresy, the application of canonical punishment, and the examination of books and prohibition of those held dangerous to faith and morals.
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How to use Holy Office in a sentence
Four masked men walked first in the procession, two carrying spades, and two bearing the insignia of the Holy Office.
The commissary of the Holy Office in Manila always belongs to this province.
Was it not to profane the house of God and the Holy Office, to drag the struggle and strife of the day into it?
At all hours and in all weathers he is ready to perform this Holy Office.
Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal | William Beckford“They must come to the Holy Office, to answer certain questions,” answered the speaker.
The Ferryman of Brill | William H. G. Kingston
British Dictionary definitions for Holy Office
RC Church a congregation established in 1542 as the final court of appeal in heresy trials; it now deals with matters of doctrine
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