Index Expurgatorius

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[in-deks ik-spur-guh-tawr-ee-uhs, -tohr-] / ˈɪn dɛks ɪkˌspɜr gəˈtɔr i əs, -ˈtoʊr- /

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

• Indices Expurgatorii
  plural

1. a list of books now included in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, forbidden to be read except from expurgated editions.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• Indices Expurgatorii
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Index Expurgatorius

< New Latin: literally, expurgatory index

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Index Expurgatorius

Just too late to be included in the latest edition of the Papal Index Expurgatorius appears Iconoclast Henry Louis Mencken's Treatise on the Gods.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Index Expurgatorius for Catholic countries is still freshly filled every year.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

There is hardly a valuable book in the libraries of the world that cannot be found on the "Index Expurgatorius."

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll

Your condemnation is our guide-post, and your praise is our Index Expurgatorius.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill

This, anyhow, cannot refer to the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, but only to the Index Expurgatorius, which was at no time an officiai publication.

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg