ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Censorate

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Censorate is a noun meaning (historical) A high-level supervisory agency in ancient China, monitoring administrators to prevent corruption and malfeasance.

Meaning

(historical) A high-level supervisory agency in ancient China, monitoring administrators to prevent corruption and malfeasance.

Example Sentences

There is no check on the viceroys except, perhaps, the criticism of the censorates.

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Related dictionary entries include censor, mandarin, commandery, corrector, curator, prefect.

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