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
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 Anne C. Lynch Botta
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
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 Elbert Hubbard
I have not heard his opinions concerning cider, or root-beer, or effervescing sarsaparilla, or ginger-pop; but I imagine that each and every one of those reputed harmless beverages would enter into his Index Expurgatorius.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 by Various
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