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Definition of Civil censorship
1. Noun. Military censorship of civilian communications (correspondence or printed matter of films) entering or leaving of circulating within territories controlled by armed forces.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Civil Censorship
Literary usage of Civil censorship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"See also civil affairs. civil censorship—(DOD) Censorship of civilian communications,
such as messages, printed matter, and films, entering, leaving, ..."
2. Truth about Russia by William Thomas Stead (1888)
"When she had written her copy and sent it to the printer's, the printer's first
duty was to send proofs to the civil censorship, which is a branch of the ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The first printed catalogues of forbidden books dio not appear at Rome, and, even
after the institution of civil censorship, lists of books and writings ..."
4. The Works of Orestes A. Brownson by Orestes Augustus Brownson, Henry Francis Brownson (1887)
"... far more appropriate when the civil government conceded to the church the
civil censorship, and enforced its censures, than it is now. ..."
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