INQUISITURIENT

Adjective

inquisiturient (comparative more inquisiturient, superlative most inquisiturient)

inquisitorial

And this was the rare morsell so officiously snatcht up, and so ilfavourdly imitated by our inquisiturient Bishops, and the attendant minorites their Chaplains. --Milton, Aeropagitica

Source: Wiktionary


In*quis`i*tu"ri*ent, a.

Definition: Inquisitorial. [Obs.] "Our inquisiturient bishops." Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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