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Nihil Obstat

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Noun

1. nihil obstat

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

2. nihil obstat

authoritative approval

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nihil Obstat

see synonyms of nihil obstat
the phrase used by a Roman Catholic censor to declare publication inoffensive to faith or morals

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Nihil Obstat

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1.  Roman Catholic Church
a printed phrase, followed by the name of an officially appointed censor, indicating that the publication carrying the phrase has been examined and judged free of doctrinal or moral error
2. 
any official indication of nonopposition

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Nihil Obstat

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n.
1. Roman Catholic Church An attestation by a church censor that a book contains nothing damaging to faith or morals.
2. Official approval, especially of an artistic work.

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