Definition of censor

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Censor (n.) One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct..

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Satirical :: Satirical (a.) Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting.
Censor :: Censor (n.) One given to fault-finding; a censurer.
Accensor :: Accensor (n.) One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
Pharisaism :: Pharisaism (n.) Rigid observance of external forms of religion, without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters of morals or manners..
Hypercritic :: Hypercritic (n.) One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic; a captious censor.
Censorship :: Censorship (n.) The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship..
Incensories :: Incensories (pl. ) of Incensor.
Censorian :: Censorian (a.) Censorial.
Incensory :: Incensory (n.) The vessel in which incense is burned and offered; a censer; a thurible.
Censor :: Censor (n.) A critic; a reviewer.
Censorial :: Censorial (a.) Full of censure; censorious.
Critical :: Critical (n.) Inclined to criticise or find fault; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting.
Lustrum :: Lustrum (n.) A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A period of five years..
Imprimatur :: Imprimatur (n.) A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published..
Inveigh :: Inveigh (v. i.) To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse..
Censor :: Censor (n.) One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct..
Obloquy :: Obloquy (n.) Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.
Descensory :: Descensory (n.) A vessel used in alchemy to extract oils.
Censorious :: Censorious (a.) Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners..
Carping :: Carping (a.) Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.
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