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censorian en · ADJ

Etymology

From censor + -ian.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, archaic) Archaic form of censorial.
    alt of censorial
    • And as the chancery had the Pretorian power for equity; so the star-chamber had the Censorian power for offences under the degree of capital. 1622, Francis Bacon, Bacon's History of the Reign of King Henry VII, Cambridge University Press, published 1902, page 62:

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most censorian Degree=Sup lexicographic
more censorian Degree=Cmp lexicographic

censorian en · NOUN

Etymology

From censor + -ian.

Meanings

  1. A censorious person.
    • And when the father or mother dies that has lived a life so good and pure that it sweetens even the life of the censorians into praise, one likes to think that this worrying, poor uneven life is not all, but that really they have entered into a great rest and the shelter of a mighty friendship […] 1885, Saints Herald, volume 32, page 194:

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censorians Number=Plur lexicographic