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censorates

censorates is the plural of censorate.

Meaning of censorate

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

Questions about censorates

What is censorates the plural of?
Censorates is the plural of censorate.

Words near censorates in the dictionary

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

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