宗しゅう教きょう裁さい判ばん所しょ

noun

religious court

General term for a court that handles religious matters or is run by a religious authority.

• 中ちゅう世せいヨーロッパでは、宗しゅう教きょう裁さい判ばん所しょが異い端たん者しゃを裁さばいた。

  In medieval Europe, religious courts tried heretics.

noun

the Inquisition

Specifically refers to the historical institution of the Inquisition in the Catholic Church.

• ガリレオは宗しゅう教きょう裁さい判ばん所しょにかけられた。

  Galileo was tried by the Inquisition.