Functionary and Censor

noun

• A worker who holds or is invested with an office.
  • synonyms: official

(n.) One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries.

noun

• Someone who censures or condemns.
• A person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable.

verb

• Forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper.
  • synonyms: ban
• Subject to political, religious, or moral censorship.
  • usage: "This magazine is censored by the government"

• (n.) One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.
• (n.) One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; -- an official in some European countries.
• (n.) A critic; a reviewer.
• (n.) One given to fault-finding; a censurer.