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Noun: Roman Inquisition
  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";
    - Congregation of the Inquisition

Type of: Inquisition

Encyclopedia: Roman Inquisition

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