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EXPURGATORIOUS

\ɛkspˌɜːɡɐtˈɔːɹɪəs], \ɛkspˌɜːɡɐtˈɔːɹɪəs], \ɛ_k_s_p_ˌɜː_ɡ_ɐ_t_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s]\

Definitions of EXPURGATORIOUS

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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That expurgates; serving to expurgate. Expurgatory Index, a catalogue issued by the Church of Rome of those books which, as hostile to its teaching, are placed under the ban of the Church, and forbidden to be read.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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