censor morum

American  

[sen-ser maw-ruhm] / ˈsɛn sər ˈmɔ rəm /

noun

1. someone or something that attempts to regulate public morality. See also custos morum.

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Example Sentences

If the American Puritan is so anxious to be a censor morum, he should obviously put a stop to the evil communications that really corrupt good manners.

From What I Saw in America by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

One conversant with Bierce only as a controversionalist and censor morum was, almost of necessity, constrained to imagine him a misanthrope, a soured and cynical recluse.

From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Bierce, Ambrose

His Rosciad created quite a panic among the disciples of Thespis, even the mighty Garrick courting this terrible censor morum.

From English Satires by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant

Among his immediate surroundings a word from Churchwarden Joliffe carried more weight than an outsider would have imagined, and long usage had credited him with the delicate position of censor morum to the community.

From The Nebuly Coat by Falkner, John Meade

It is to be regretted that his Majesty’s very accomplished master of the horse cannot also hold the position of censor morum to the citizens of Berlin.

From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Collier, Price