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Purgatory - What does it mean?

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purgatory

Noun

  • (theology) In Catholicism, the stage of the afterlife where souls suffer for their sins before they can enter heaven
  • any situation causing suffering
  • Derived terms

    * purgatorial

    See also

    * heaven * hell * limbo

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to cleanse; expiatory.
  • (Burke)

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.