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nihil_obstat

nihil obstat

English

Noun

nihil obstat ‎(plural nihil obstats)

  1. A declaration of no objection.
    1. A declaration used by the Catholic Church to indicate a book has been found not to have breached religious or moral norms.

Latin

Phrase

nihil obstat

  1. (Roman Catholicism) This book has been found not to have breached religious or moral norms.

Etymology

From Latin nihil ‎(“nothing”) + obstat ‎(“hinders”)

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