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Webster 1913 Edition
Censorial
Cen-so′ri-al
,Adj.
1.
Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals.
Junius.
2.
Full of censure; censorious.
The
censorial
declamation of Juvenal. T. Warton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Censorial
CENSORIAL
,Definition 2024
censorial
censorial
English
Adjective
censorial (comparative more censorial, superlative most censorial)
- relating to a censor
- 1749, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Letters to His Son
- Nothing less than the relation between you and me can possibly authorize that freedom; but fortunately for you, my parental rights, joined to my censorial powers, give it me in its fullest extent, and my concern for you will make me exert it.
- 1888, Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887
- The printing department has no censorial powers. It is bound to print all that is offered it, ...
- 1749, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Letters to His Son
Translations
relating to a censor
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