nihil obstat

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  1. noun Roman Catholic Church An attestation by a church censor that a book contains nothing damaging to faith or morals.
  2. noun Official approval, especially of an artistic work.

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  1. Latin, nothing hinders : nihil, nothing + obstat, third person sing. present tense of obstāre, to hinder.
 

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