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Nihil Obstat

nounid 96867·updated May 18, 2026
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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

polysemousMWE

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
authoritative approval
§2
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
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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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