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Webster 1913 Edition


Censorship

Cen′sor-ship

,
Noun.
The office or power of a censor;
as, to stand for a
censorship
.
Holland.
The press was not indeed at that moment under a general
censorship
.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition


Censorship

CENSORSHIP

,
Noun.
The office or dignity of a censor; the time during which a censor holds his office.