Meanings
adjectiveexpurgatorial (comparative more expurgatorial, superlative most expurgatorial)
comparative more expurgatorial · superlative most expurgatorial
- Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory.
Himself he exculpated by a solemn expurgatorial oath , before thirty bishops , from all participation in the deed.
1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with expurgatorial
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APA
expurgatorial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expurgatorial
MLA
“expurgatorial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expurgatorial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “expurgatorial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expurgatorial.
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