Definitions
subject to political, religious, or moral censorship
Word origin
The noun is borrowed from Latin cēnsor (“magistrate; critic”), from cēnseō (“to give an opinion, judge; to assess, reckon; to decree, determine”) + -sor (variant of -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns)). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to announce, proclaim; to put in order”). The English word is cognate with Late Middle English sensour, Proto-Iranian *cánhati (“to declare; to explain”), Sanskrit शंसति (śaṃsati, “to declare”).
Used in a sentence
“The Ancient Roman censors were part of the cursus honorum, a series of public offices held during a political career, like consuls and praetors.”
“And Nobly nam'd, ſo twice being Cenſor, / Was his great Anceſtor.”
“The headmaster was an even stricter censor of his boarding pupils’ correspondence than the enemy censors had been of his own when the country was occupied.”
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