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

There has been a deal of nonsense written and published with respect to Mr. Bryant's Index Expurgatorius, a deal of arrogance, and much cheap and ill-informed wit of a certain "superior" sort expended upon it.

From Recollections of a Varied Life by Eggleston, George Cary

At any rate, the functions of the Inquisition were mostly confined to working the Index Expurgatorius, and suppressing knowledge generally, which they did with great industry until not long ago.

From Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern by Tylor, Edward Burnett

So we can all draw up our own private "Index Expurgatorius" of the people we bar or dislike.

From One Day at a Time and Other Talks on Life and Religion by Alexander, Arch.

But no Index Expurgatorius, no notification of what called for modification, was ever published by Rome, officially; and when we use the term, we are thinking of Spain, where it grew into a custom.

From Lectures on Modern history by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron