Index Expurgatorius
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Indices Expurgatorii
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Origin of Index Expurgatorius
< New Latin: literally, expurgatory index
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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 remarkable that it was placed by the Roman Church in the Index Expurgatorius.
From Addresses & Papers / Collectanea by Peter Eade
Paris, indeed, might be convenient for such refugee works as are set down in the Index Expurgatorius of London; and if you have any political catamarans to explode, this is your place.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
He had defied the traditions of Harvard, been excommunicated by his Alma Mater, published his pantheistic Essay on Nature, and his thin little books and sermons had been placed on the Boston Theological Index Expurgatorius.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Elbert Hubbard
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
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