Hypertext Webster Gateway: "expurgatory"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Expurgatory \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}.


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