censorian — ozdic

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CENSORIAN + NOUN

offences

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adj

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Archaic form of censorial.

And as the chancery had the Pretorian power for equity; so the star-chamber had the Censorian power for offences under the degree of capital.

noun

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A censorious person.

And when the father or mother dies that has lived a life so good and pure that it sweetens even the life of the censorians into praise, one likes to think that this worrying, poor uneven life is not all, but that really they have entered into a great rest and the shelter of a mighty friendship […]

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And as the chancery had the Pretorian power for equity; so the star-chamber had the Censorian power for offences under the degree of capital.

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And when the father or mother dies that has lived a life so good and pure that it sweetens even the life of the censorians into praise, one likes to think that this worrying, poor uneven life is not a

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