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nihil obstat
ni·hil ob·stat N0106700 (nī′hĭl ŏb′stät′, -stăt′, nē′-)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.
[Latin, nothing hinders : nihil, nothing + obstat, third person sing. present tense of obstāre, to hinder.]nihil obstat (ˈɒbstæt) (Roman Catholic Church) the phrase used by a Roman Catholic censor to declare publication inoffensive to faith or morals[Latin, literally: nothing hinders]ni•hil ob•stat (ˈnaɪ hɪl ˈɒb stæt, ˈni-)
n. certification from a Roman Catholic censor stating that a work contains nothing contrary to faith or morals. Compare imprimatur. [1885–90; < Latin] Thesaurus| 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 churchimprimatur, sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant - formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" | | 2. | nihil obstat - authoritative approvalsanction - the act of final authorization; "it had the sanction of the church" |
nihil obstat
nihil obstatRoman Catholic Church’s inscription in books denoting no objection to literary content. [Christian Hist.: Misc.]See: CensorshipAcronymsSeeNOnihil obstat
Words related to nihil obstatnoun 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 churchRelated Words- imprimatur
- sanction
- countenance
- endorsement
- indorsement
- warrant
noun authoritative approvalRelated Words |