nihilobstat

ni·hil ob·stat (nī'hĭl ŏbʹstät', -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.]

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