Search Result for "congregation of the inquisition":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number of Protestants;
- Example: "it was the Roman Inquisition that put Galileo on trial"
[syn: Roman Inquisition, Congregation of the Inquisition]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Congregation of the Inquisition
    n 1: an inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number
         of Protestants; "it was the Roman Inquisition that put
         Galileo on trial" [syn: Roman Inquisition, Congregation
         of the Inquisition]