noun
- Plural of precensor; persons or officials who examine or review content before publication or public presentation.
Usage: Rare or archaic usage; more commonly seen in historical or academic contexts.; Related to the concept of censorship or pre-publication review.
Examples
- The precensors of the printing press had significant power over what could be published.
- Medieval precensors reviewed manuscripts before they were distributed to the public.
- The role of precensors in controlling information has been studied by historians of media.
- Some argue that modern content moderators function as digital precensors.
- The precensors' decisions shaped which ideas reached the general population.