English Explanatory Dictionary

Holy Office

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
  2. The Inquisition.

Word forms

Holy Office the Holy Office

Etymology

An English calque of Medieval Latin Sanctum Officium.

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