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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Indices Expurgatorii
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Index Expurgatorius

< New Latin: literally, expurgatory index

Example Sentences

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

It is quite needless to add that those who read Doctor James' book refuting Darwin had never read Darwin, since "The Origin of Species" was placed on the "Index Expurgatorius" in Eighteen Hundred Sixty.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Hubbard, Elbert

Again, why does he tell his audience that the names of Spenser, of Shakespeare, of Scott, are to be found on the Index Expurgatorius?

From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, July 1865 by

Christian Scientists, being men and women, can not continue to grow if fettered with an Index Expurgatorius and mandatory edicts and encyclicals.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers by Hubbard, Elbert

The power of the Inquisition was consummated in 1546, when the first "Index Expurgatorius" was published in Spain.

From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Botta, Anne C. Lynch