Nihil Obstat

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the phrase used by the official censor of the Roman Catholic Church to say that a publication has been examined and contains nothing offensive to the church

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Nihil Obstats
possessive: Nihil Obstat's
pluralpossessive: Nihil Obstats'

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