Dictionary entry

Expurgatory

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ex‐pur″ga‐to‐ry (?), a. [Cf. F. expurgatoire.] Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying. “Expurgatory animadversions.” Sir T. Browne.

Expurgatory Index. See Index Expurgatorius, under Index.