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ˈnaɪ hɪl ˈɒb stæt, ˈni-ni·hil ob·stat

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. nihil obstatnoun

    the phrase used by the official censor of the Roman Catholic Church to say that a publication has been examined and contains nothing offensive to the church

  2. nihil obstatnoun

    authoritative approval

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  1. Nihil obstat

    Nihil obstat (Latin for "nothing hinders" or "nothing stands in the way") is a declaration of no objection that warrants censoring of a book, e.g., Catholic published books, to an initiative, or an appointment.

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  1. nihil obstat

    Nihil Obstat is a Latin phrase that means "nothing hinders" or "nothing stands in the way." In the Roman Catholic Church, it commonly refers to a formal statement by a church official, typically a censor, declaring that a book or manuscript is free of doctrinal or moral error. This serves as an official approval for the work to be published.

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  1. Nihil obstat

    Nihil obstat is a declaration of no objection to an initiative or an appointment. Apart from this general sense, the phrase is used more particularly to mean an "attestation by a church censor that a book contains nothing damaging to faith or morals". The Censor Librorum delegated by a bishop of the Catholic Church reviews the text in question, but the nihil obstat is not a certification that those granting it agree with the contents, opinions or statements expressed in the work; instead, it merely confirms "that it contains nothing contrary to faith or morals." The nihil obstat is the first step in having a book published under Church auspices. If the author is a member of a religious institute and if the book is on questions of religion or morals, the book must also obtain the imprimi potest of the major superior. The final approval is given through the imprimatur of the author's bishop or of the bishop of the place of publication.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nihil obstat in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nihil obstat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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