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expurgatory

/ik-spur-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee/US // ɪkˈspɜr gəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i //

忏悔式,忏悔性的,忏悔,忏悔性

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : serving to expurgate.
    • : of or relating to expurgation.

Examples

  • It was even inserted in the expurgatory index of the Council of Trent, on the false supposition that heretics had corrupted it.

  • The particular Expurgatory Index under view was printed in 1601 and 1611.

  • It was both a prohibitory and an expurgatory Index in one stout volume.

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

  • It is this index which is still in force, but the prohibitions and expurgatory measures have since been multiplied.