Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

censorate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cen-so-rate
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A high-level supervisory agency in ancient China, monitoring administrators to prevent corruption and malfeasance.

Example Sentences

"There is no check on the viceroys except, perhaps, the criticism of the censorates."

Etymology

From censor + -ate.

Inflected Forms

censorates (plural)

Questions

What does censorate mean?: A high-level supervisory agency in ancient China, monitoring administrators to prevent corruption and malfeasance.
Where does censorate come from?: From censor + -ate.

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