(11) One Academic Year â shall be construed to mean a program of at least 45 quarter-hour units, 30 semester-hour units, or 32 trimester-hour units or the equivalent thereof. One hour of didactic or 2 hours of clinical instruction shall equal one unit.
This article is about the Inquisition within the Catholic Church. For other uses, see Inquisition (disambiguation). The Inquisition was a group of institutions within the government system of the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy. It started in 12th-century France to combat religious sectarianism, in particular the Cathars and the Waldensians.
Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: inquisition (Noun). an investigation or inquiry into the truth of some matter. inquisition (Noun). an inquest. inquisition (Noun). a questioning. Inquisition (ProperNoun). a tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church set up to investigate and suppress heresy.