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Definition of Expurgatory
1. a. Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying.
Definition of Expurgatory
1. Adjective. serving to expurgate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Expurgatory
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expurgatory
Literary usage of Expurgatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor (1852)
"... the fathers themselves, that they are not right on their side; and of this,
they have given but too much demonstration by their expurgatory Indices. ..."
2. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1906)
"The Prohibitory Indexes proscribe authors or entire works without reservation ;
the expurgatory Indexes, whether united with these or not, specify passages ..."
3. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor...: With an Essay by Jeremy Taylor, George Rust (1851)
"Of the expurgatory Indices in the I'oman Church. THEY use indirect and unworthy
arts, that they may do it without reproach and discovery ; and for this, ..."
4. The Physiology of Marriage by Honoré de Balzac (1904)
"The Pope places only books on the expurgatory Index ; you will have to brand both
men and things with the marks of your disapproval. ..."
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