expurgatory

[ ik-spur-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ɪkˈspɜr gəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

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adjective

serving to expurgate.

of or relating to expurgation.

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Origin of expurgatory

First recorded in 1615–25; expurgate + -ory¹

It was even inserted in the expurgatory index of the Council of Trent, on the false supposition that heretics had corrupted it.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
The particular Expurgatory Index under view was printed in 1601 and 1611.
Notes and Queries, Number 136, June 5, 1852|Various
It was both a prohibitory and an expurgatory Index in one stout volume.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 3|Henry Charles Lea
After his death, his Apology for John Fero was inserted in the expurgatory index.
The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.|Juan Antonio Llorente

It is this index which is still in force, but the prohibitions and expurgatory measures have since been multiplied.
The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.|Juan Antonio Llorente