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inquisition | x |

As a proper noun inquisition

is (historical) a tribunal of the roman catholic church set up to investigate and suppress heresy.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

inquisition

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • an investigation or inquiry into the truth of some matter
  • * Latimer
    • as I could learn through earnest inquisition
  • * Shakespeare
    • Let not search and inquisition quail / To bring again these foolish runaways.
  • an inquest
  • a questioning
  • The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
  • * Blackstone
    • The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of the county.
    (Bouvier)

    Derived terms

    * inquisition post mortem

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into.
    • (Milton)
    ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----