censorate

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noun

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

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Meanings

nouncensorate (plural censorates)

plural censorates

  1. historicalA 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.

    1910, Charles Denby, China and Her People, volume 2, page 5

Origin

From censor + -ate.

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censorate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/censorate

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“censorate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/censorate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “censorate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/censorate.

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