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Index Expurgatorius definition

In·dex· Ex·pur·ga·to·rius (in′deks′ eks po̵̅o̅r′gä tō′rē o̵̅o̅s′)

Historical a list of books that the Roman Catholic Church forbade its members to read unless certain passages condemned as dangerous to faith or morals were deleted or changed

Etymology: ModL, expurgatory index

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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