inquisitional
- a word derived from inquisition.
Example Sentences
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“The congregation’s inquisitional procedures are indefensible,” the Jesuit-run magazine America editorialized in 2001.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
She was succinct and measured during the inquisitional thrust and parry; at times resembling a veteran junior high teacher assisting not especially bright students in understanding not just her answers but their own questions.
From US News ● Oct. 22, 2015
But opponents say the change won't work unless France scraps its entire inquisitional justice system and replaces it with the adversarial process that countries such as the U.S., the U.K. and Germany use.
From Time Magazine Archive
This week Brzezinski is preparing to defend another aspect of his performance during the Iran crisis, and he is scheduled to do so in an inquisitional setting that his predecessors have been spared.
From Time Magazine Archive
Labor has generally favored measures that extend the inquisitional and regulative functions of the State, excepting where this extension seemed to interfere with the autonomy of labor itself.
From The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners by Orth, Samuel Peter
