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Webster 1913 Edition
Purgatory
Pur′ga-to-ry
,Adj.
[L.
purgatorius
.] Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory.
Burke.
Pur′ga-to-ry
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
purgatoire
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Purgatory
PURG'ATORY
,Adj.
Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory.
PURG'ATORY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Purgatory
Purgatory
See also: purgatory
English
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Purgatory
- (Christianity) The supposed extra-biblical location of a Christian's soul's purging of sin prior to admission to Heaven.
Synonyms
- See Wikisaurus:afterlife
Derived terms
Coordinate terms
Translations
place of purging of sins in Christian theology
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purgatory
purgatory
See also: Purgatory
English
Noun
purgatory (countable and uncountable, plural purgatories)
- (Christianity) Alternative form of Purgatory: the supposed extra-biblical location where a Christian's soul is purged of sin prior to admission to Heaven.
- Any situation where suffering is endured, particularly as part of a process of redemption.
Translations
Purgatory — see Purgatory
situation causing suffering
See also
Adjective
purgatory (comparative more purgatory, superlative most purgatory)