Censorate
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"There is no check on the viceroys except, perhaps, the criticism of the censorates."
Etymology
From censor + -ate.