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censorate

noun

Etymology

From censor + -ate.

  1. derived from *ḱens-✻ — “to announce, proclaim; to put in order”
  2. borrowed from cēnsor — “magistrate; critic”
  3. formed as censorate — “censor + -ate”

Definitions

  1. A high-level supervisory agency in ancient China, monitoring administrators to prevent…

    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.

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