the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals.
adj. Full of censure; censorious.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals: as, the censorial office in ancient Rome.
Full of censure; censorious; severe: as, “censorial declamation,”
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adj. belonging or relating to a censor or a censor's functions
Word Usage
"To most men the production, twice a week, of a newspaper so wide in scope as the Covent Garden Journal (for its columns included the news of the day, as well as the manifold 'censorial' energies of Sir Alexander) would have been occupation enough; especially with a"