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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXPURGATORY

a.Cleansing; purifying; serving to purify from any thing noxious or erroneous; as the expurgatory index of the Romanists, which directs the expunction of passages of authors contrary to their creed or principles. Expurgatory animadversions.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXPURGATORY

Ex *pur "ga *to *ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. expurgatoire.]

 

Defn: Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying. "Expurgatory animadversions." Sir T. Browne. Expurgatory Index. See Index Expurgatorius, under Index.