Censor

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Censor may refer to:

• Censorship, the control of speech and other forms of human expression
• Roman censor, a magistrate for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, etc.
• Cato Censor (Marcus Porcius Cato, 234BCE–149BCE), Roman statesman
• Censor Librorum, a Church official who approves and, if necessary, removes material from texts for publication
• Censor (imperial China), standard translation of Chinese 御史 (yushi) - a government official whose duties involved criticizing other officials
• Censoring (statistics), the situation when the value of an observation is only partially known
• Censor (film), a 2001 film written and directed by Dev Anand
• "Censor" (song), a single released by the band Skinny Puppy for the song "Dogshit" in 1988
• Censor (Christ Church, Oxford), the Student of Christ Church, Oxford undertaking disciplinary duties assigned to deans of other colleges
• Censor (Royal College of Physicians), the Royal College of Physicians' police

[edit] See also

• Sensor, a device or organ that detects or senses a signal or its environment
• Censure, a formal reprimand
• Censer, a small metal or stone dish used for burning incense

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