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.
  • Censor (Catholic Church), a Church official who approves and, if necessary, removes material from texts for publication
  • 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 (single), 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 College's 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