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Noun

1. 1
   A high-level supervisory agency in ancient China, monitoring administrators to prevent corruption and malfeasance. historical

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

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

Etymology

From censor + -ate.

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