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[ ik-spur-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ] / ɪkˈspɜr gəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /
adjectiveserving to expurgate. of or relating to expurgation. Origin of expurgatoryFirst recorded in 1615–25; expurgate + -ory1 Words nearby expurgatoryexpulsive pain, expunction, expunge, expurgate, expurgatorial, expurgatory, expwy, exquisite, exr., ex rights, exsanguinate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for expurgatoryAfter his death, his Apology for John Fero was inserted in the expurgatory index. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.|Juan Antonio Llorente It was even inserted in the expurgatory index of the Council of Trent, on the false supposition that heretics had corrupted it. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) It is this index which is still in force, but the prohibitions and expurgatory measures have since been multiplied. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.|Juan Antonio Llorente It was both a prohibitory and an expurgatory Index in one stout volume. A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 3|Henry Charles Lea
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