expurgatory

[ ik-spur-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

1. serving to expurgate.
2. of or relating to expurgation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of expurgatory¹

First recorded in 1615–25; expurgate + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

It may be said that the expurgatory index drawn up in Spain is more injurious to the rights of the sovereign and the instruction of his subjects, than that of Rome.

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The last general expurgatory index, published in 1747, is still remembered.

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The king approved of the scheme, and in 1568 appointed Arias Montano to be the director of the undertaking; he went to Flanders to fulfil the intentions of that monarch, and to compose the Expurgatory Index, known as that of the Duke of Alva's.

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After his death, his Apology for John Fero was inserted in the expurgatory index.

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This list is known by the name of the Expurgatory Index of the Duke of Alva.

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