Definition of censor

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Censor (n.) One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; -- an official in some European countries..

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Insectator :: Insectator (n.) A pursuer; a persecutor; a censorious critic.
Imprimatur :: Imprimatur (n.) A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published..
Inveigh :: Inveigh (v. i.) To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse..
Blameful :: Blameful (a.) Attributing blame or fault; implying or conveying censure; faultfinding; censorious.
Censor :: Censor (n.) One given to fault-finding; a censurer.
Censor :: Censor (n.) One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct..
Censor :: Censor (n.) A critic; a reviewer.
Judge :: Judge (v. t.) To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward.
Censorian :: Censorian (a.) Censorial.
Carping :: Carping (a.) Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.
Obloquy :: Obloquy (n.) Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.
Satirical :: Satirical (a.) Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting.
Censorial :: Censorial (a.) Full of censure; censorious.
Catonian :: Catonian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the stern old Roman, Cato the Censor; severe; inflexible..
Censorious :: Censorious (a.) Implying or expressing censure; as, censorious remarks..
Lustrum :: Lustrum (n.) A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A period of five years..
Censorious :: Censorious (a.) Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners..
Pharisaism :: Pharisaism (n.) Rigid observance of external forms of religion, without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters of morals or manners..
Censor :: Censor (n.) One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; -- an official in some European countries..
Censorial :: Censorial (a.) Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals..
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