Expurgatory

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to expurgation or an expurgator.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. serving to expurgate
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Serving to purify from anything obnoxious, offensive, or erroneous.
    • Word Usage
    "It was even inserted in the expurgatory index of the Council of Trent, on the false supposition that heretics had corrupted it."
    Cross Reference
    expurgatory index   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cleansing    purifying   
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