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expurgatorial

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[ik-spur-guh-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-] / ɪkˌspɜr gəˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr- /

adjective

  1. pertaining to an expurgator or to expurgation.

Etymology

Origin of expurgatorial

First recorded in 1800–10; expurgator(y) + -ial

Example Sentences

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But why go on with this expurgatorial catalogue?

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James

Enough to know that, under his expurgatorial finger, our beloved and bosom friend, William Shakspere, was the first to suffer.

From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by Simms, William Gilmore

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