Index Expurgatorius
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Indices Expurgatorii
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Roman Catholic Church
1.
a list of books now included in the
Index Librorum Prohibitorum,
forbidden to be read except from expurgated editions.
Origin
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Neo-Latin:
literally, expurgatory index