purgatory
11purgatory — [pʉr′gə tôr΄ē] n. pl. purgatories [ME purgatorie < OFr & ML(Ec): OFr purgatoire < ML(Ec) purgatorium < LL purgatorius, cleansing < L purgare: see PURGE] 1. [often P ] Theol. a state or place in which, in Rom. Catholicism and other… …
12purgatory — /perr geuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, n., pl. purgatories, adj. n. 1. (in the belief of Roman Catholics and others) a condition or place in which the souls of those dying penitent are purified from venial sins, or undergo the temporal punishment that,… …
13purgatory — [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)gətri, AM tɔːri[/t]] 1) N PROPER Purgatory is the place where Roman Catholics believe the spirits of dead people are sent to suffer for their sins before they go to heaven. Prayers were said for souls in Purgatory. 2) N UNCOUNT You can …
14purgatory — pur|ga|tory [ˈpə:gətəri US ˈpə:rgəto:ri] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Anglo French; Origin: purgatorie, from Latin purgatus, past participle of purgare; PURGE1] 1.) [U] something that makes you suffer used humorously ▪ Sewing is relaxation for some,… …
15purgatory — noun (U) 1 Purgatory a place where, according to Roman Catholic beliefs, the souls of dead people must suffer for the bad things they did, until they are pure enough to enter heaven 2 humorous a place, situation, or time when you suffer a lot: It …
16purgatory — pur|ga|to|ry [ pɜrgə,tɔri ] noun uncount 1. ) the place where Roman Catholics believe people suffer after they die for the wrong things they have done before they can go to heaven 2. ) an unpleasant place or experience: Cooking was always… …
17purgatory — UK [ˈpɜː(r)ɡət(ə)rɪ] / US [ˈpɜrɡəˌtɔrɪ] noun [uncountable] 1) the place where Roman Catholics believe people suffer after they die for the wrong things that they have done before they can go to heaven 2) an unpleasant place or experience Cooking… …
18purgatory — A state of suffering after this life, in which those souls are for a time detained who depart this life, after their deadly sins have been remitted as to the stain and guilt, and as to the everlasting pain that was due to them, but who have, on… …
19purgatory — see England is the paradise of women, the hell of horses, and the purgatory of servants …
20Purgatory (disambiguation) — Purgatory is, in Roman Catholic teaching, a temporary state of the deadPurgatory may also refer to: * Purgatory and world religions, similar concepts in religions other than Roman Catholic * Purgatorio, one of the canticas of Dante s The Divine… …
