Definition of Expurgations

1. Noun. (plural of expurgation) ¹

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Definition of Expurgations

1. expurgation [n] - See also: expurgation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Expurgations

expunctions
expuncts
expunge
expunged
expungement
expungements
expunger
expungers
expunges
expunging
expurgate
expurgated
expurgates
expurgating
expurgation
expurgations
expurgator
expurgatorial
expurgatorious
expurgators
expurgatory
expurge
expurged
expurges
expurging
exquisite
exquisitely
exquisiteness
exquisitenesses
exquisites

Literary usage of Expurgations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rise of the Greek Epic: Being a Course of Lectures Delivered at Harvard by Gilbert Murray (1911)
"... ILIAD AS A TRADITIONAL BOOK I. THE Expurgations : THE HOMERIC SPIRIT ' As for these passages and all others of the sort, wo will beg Homer and the other ..."

2. The Censorship of the Church of Rome and Its Influence Upon the Production by George Haven Putnam (1906)
"Expurgations in the Roman Index, 1624-1640. The Roman Indexes, with the exceptions of that of ... Expurgations ..."

3. Chapters from the Religious History of Spain Connected with the Inquisition by Henri-Charles Lea (1890)
"184); or in the list of expurgations of his Commentaries on the City of God, ... 15)—expurgations for the most part borrowed from the Roman Index ..."

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