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noun

Censor n.

(Antiq.) One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.

One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; an official in some European countries.

One given to fault-finding; a censurer. "Nor can the most circumspect attention, or steady rectitude, escape blame from censors who have no inclination to approve."

A critic; a reviewer. "Received with caution by the censors of the press."

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"Censor" Quotes from Famous Books

... that Gracchus took advantage when he enacted that the taxes of Asia should be put up for auction at Rome,[638] and that the whole province should be regarded as a single area of taxation at the great auction which the censor held in the capital. It was certain that no foreign competition could prevail in this sale of a kingdom's revenues. The right to gather in the tithes could be purchased only by a powerful company of Roman capitalists. The Decumani of Asia would represent the heart ...

— A History of Rome, Vol 1 - During the late Republic and early Principate • A H.J. Greenidge

... we have some poetic fragments of a third historical romance by Mapu, which was destroyed by the Russian censor. There is also an excellent manual of the Hebrew language, Amon Padgug ("The Master Pedagogue"), very much valued by teachers of Hebrew, and, finally, a method of the French ...

— The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) • Nahum Slouschz

... to beg me to deliver him out of the hands of the Censor. He wants certain changes ...

— Gallipoli Diary, Volume I • Ian Hamilton

... scepticism as to man's sufficient motive and faculty to do well. Of himself he was a blunt and sarcastic critic, perhaps because he expected more of himself than of the rest of the world, and fancied that that person only had the ability to be his censor! ...

— Idolatry - A Romance • Julian Hawthorne

... portraits prove. But this was not all. She belonged also to two of the most ancient and conspicuous families of the Roman nobility. Her father, Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus, was by birth a Claudius, adopted by a Livius Drusus. He was descended from Appius the Blind, the famous censor and perhaps the most illustrious personage of the ancient republic. His grandfather, his great-grand-father, and his great-great-grandfather had been consuls, and consuls and censors may be found in ...

— The Women of the Caesars • Guglielmo Ferrero

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