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expurgatorial

expurgatorial adjective: tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory.

Adjective

expurgatorial (comparative more expurgatorial, superlative most expurgatorial)

  1. Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory.
    • Himself he exculpated by a solemn expurgatorial oath , before thirty bishops , from all participation in the deed.1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity

Forms of expurgatorial

comparativemore expurgatorial
superlativemost expurgatorial

Words that rhyme with expurgatorial

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Questions about expurgatorial

What does expurgatorial mean?
Expurgatorial means tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory.
What part of speech is expurgatorial?
Expurgatorial is an adjective.

Words near expurgatorial in the dictionary

  1. expurgating
  2. expurgation
  3. expurgations
  4. expurgative
  5. expurgator
  6. expurgatorial
  7. expurgators
  8. expurgatory
  9. expurge
  10. expurged
  11. expurges

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