Index Librorum Prohibitorum
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Index Librorum Prohibitorum
< New Latin: index of prohibited books
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Authoress Undset's latest novel stands a very slim chance of being put on the Pope's Index Librorum Prohibitorum.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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 Greg, Walter W.
If they desire an Anglo-Saxon Index Librorum Prohibitorum, let them equitably and consistently apply their principles of inquisitorial scrutiny to every branch of human culture.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Freedom of thought was vigorously attacked; and the Index Librorum Prohibitorum was decreed.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight
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