NIHIL OBSTAT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • authoritative approval
   Hypernyms(s) nihil obstat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sanction (what does sanction mean?)
2. Meaning
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) nihil obstat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sanction (what does sanction mean?)
   • countenance (what does countenance mean?)
   • endorsement (what does endorsement mean?)
   • indorsement (what does indorsement mean?)
   • warrant (what does warrant mean?)
   • imprimatur (what does imprimatur mean?)