censorial

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛnˈsɔɹi.əl/

Adjective

censorial (comparative more censorial, superlative most censorial)

1. Relating to a censor.
   • 1749, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Letters to His Son

     Nothing less than the relation between you and me can possibly authorize that freedom; but fortunately for you, my parental rights, joined to my censorial powers, give it me in its fullest extent, and my concern for you will make me exert it.

   • 1888, Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887

     The printing department has no censorial powers. It is bound to print all that is offered it, ...

Translations

relating to a censor

• Finnish: sensuuri- (fi)
• French: censorial (fr)
• Italian: censoriale

Anagrams

• acroleins, carolines, Locarnise, Ercolanis, iron scale, loniceras, sarcoline, Carolines, locarnise, Creolians

French

Adjective

censorial (feminine censoriale, masculine plural censoriaux, feminine plural censoriales)

1. censorial

Further reading

• “censorial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.