inquisition - use in sentences

Preposition: post

  • mortem: Extents attached to inquisitions post mortem are in the National Archives, which has an online guide to inquisitions post mortem.

Converse of object

  • face: Julian Jebb, Evelyn Waugh: Facing the Inquisition, The London Times Saturday Review, December 23, 1967, p. 19.
  • take: By an Inquisition taken at Retford, 14 October 4 H. 8. it appears that William Vavasor dyed 28 Apr.
  • hold: It was later the subject of an Inquisition held at Shoreham by the King's Escheator for Sussex.
  • have: This is why the Roman Catholic Church has had an Inquisition.
  • follow: There followed the inquisition and I had to confess to having known more about their subject in my teens than they did now.

Possessives

  • coroner: Coroner's inquisitions were also called when the cause of death was uncertain.

Converse of subject

  • imprison: But in 1778 da Cunha was imprisoned by the Inquisition.

Noun used with modifier

  • mortem: The court post mortem inquisition stated that " John Fytche is son and next heir of the same William.

Adjective modifier

  • Spanish: Not unlike the Spanish Inquisition of the Dark Ages.
  • new: It shows how near the new inquisition has got in America.
  • dreaded: The last thing that Europe needs is a religious movement which would have alarming similarities with the dreaded inquisition.
  • infamous: In the 5th century central government moved there & was subsequently the birthplace of the infamous Spanish Inquisition.

Preposition: on

  • body: October 2 nd 1784 Inquisition on the body of Ann Neville of Bures St Mary who in the state of lunacy, hanged herself.

Modifies a noun

  • mortem: Her inquisition post mortem was held by virtue of a writ issued on 16 May 1236.
  • post: Her inquisition post mortem was held by virtue of a writ issued on 16 May 1236.

Preposition: of

  • land: On 24 Nov 1268, an inquisition of the lands late of John de Balliol recorded a market at Driffield.

Preposition: for

  • blood: What an awfully solemn title of God is this: " He that maketh inquisition for blood " ( Ps. ix.

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