expurgatory index

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expurgatory index - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Expurgatory \Ex*pur"ga*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. expurgatoire.]
     Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous;
     cleansing; purifying. "Expurgatory animadversions." --Sir T.
     Browne.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Expurgatory Index. See Index Expurgatorius, under
        Index.
        [1913 Webster]