Purgatory

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Roman Catholic Church A state in which the souls of those who have died in grace must expiate their sins.
  • n. A place or condition of suffering, expiation, or remorse: a purgatory of drug abuse.
  • adj. Tending to cleanse or purge.
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  • n. In Catholicism, the stage of the afterlife where souls suffer for their sins before they can enter heaven
  • n. any situation causing suffering
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory.
  • n. A state or place of purification after death; according to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist after death, in which the souls of persons are purified by expiating such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation, or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed to be received into heaven.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory.
  • n. In the belief of Roman Catholics and others, a place of purgation in which the souls of those dying penitent are purified from venial sins, or undergo the temporal punishment which, after the guilt of mortal sin has been remitted, still remains to be endured by the sinner.
  • n. Any place or state of temporary suffering or oblivion.
  • n. A gorge or cleft between perpendicular or steeply inclined walls of rock.
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  • n. (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
  • n. a temporary condition of torment or suffering
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    imaginary place    fictitious place    mythical place    situation   
    Cross Reference
    st. patrick's purgatory    purgatory hammer    limbo    heaven    hell   
    Form
    purgatorial   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cleansing    expiatory   
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