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censorate

censorate noun: a high-level supervisory agency in ancient China, monitoring administrators to prevent corruption and malfeasance.

Noun

censorate (plural censorates)

  1. (historical) A high-level supervisory agency in ancient China, monitoring administrators to prevent corruption and malfeasance.
    • There is no check on the viceroys except, perhaps, the criticism of the censorates.1910, Charles Denby, China and Her People, volume 2, page 5

Forms of censorate

pluralcensorates

Origin of censorate

From censor + -ate.

Questions about censorate

What does censorate mean?
Censorate means a high-level supervisory agency in ancient China, monitoring administrators to prevent corruption and malfeasance.
What part of speech is censorate?
Censorate is a noun.
What is the plural of censorate?
The plural of censorate is censorates.

Words near censorate in the dictionary

  1. censives
  2. censor
  3. censor morum
  4. censorability
  5. censorable
  6. censorate
  7. censorates
  8. censored
  9. censored spelling
  10. censored spellings
  11. censoree

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