Censor

censor : to examine (as a publication or film) in order to suppress or delete any contents considered objectionable n : one that censors ...

Censor. A person who regulates or prohibits the publication of any newspaper or the production of any play or any part thereof. There is ordinarily no censorship of the press in England; but by ss. 12 and 14 of the (English) Theatres Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 68), a copy of every new stage play must, before it is acted for hire at any theatre in Great Britain, be sent to the Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty's Household, who will issue a license for its production or forbid it for the 'preservation of good manners, decorum, or the public peace.' See THEATRE; CINEMATOGRAPH.Roman Law. A Roman officer who acted as a census taker, assess or, and reviewer of public morals, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....

censored

suppressed or subjected to censorship as the censored press in some countries Opposite of uncensored...

Catonian

Of pertaining to or resembling the stern old Roman Cato the Censor severe inflexible...

Censor

One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct...

Censorial

Belonging to a censor or to the correction of public morals...

Censorship

The office or power of a censor as to stand for a censorship...

Hypercritic

One who is critical beyond measure or reason a carping critic a captious censor...

Chamberiain

Chamberiain [fr. Chambellan, Fr., custos cubiculi, cubicularius, Lat.], a person who has the management or direction of a chamber or chambers. It is variously used in our laws, statutes, and chronicles. Among the most important are (1) The Lord Great Chamberlain, an hereditary officer of the Crown, whose chief duties are performed at a Coronation, and who can appoint a deputy subject to the approval of the king (see CENSOR). (2) The Lord Chamberlain of the Household, an officer appointed by the sovereign, on the nomination of the Prime Minister; he has the oversight of all officers belonging to the king's household, and by the (English) Civil List Act, 1781 (22 Geo. 3, c. 82), s. 13, the care of the royal furniture, pictures and plate. He has also by the Theatres Act, 1843 (see THEATRE), the control of the London Theatres.The places in the House of Lords of 'the great Chamberleyn' and 'the King's Chamberleye' respectively are fixed by 31 Hen. 8, c. 10. (3) The Chamberlain of London kee...

censorship

censorship : the institution, system, or practice of censoring compare freedom of speech, prior restraint ...

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