Defenition of the word purgatory

• Defenition of the word purgatory

  • In Catholic theology, the stage of afterlife where souls suffer for their sins before entering heaven.
  • A situation causing suffering.
  • (theology) a place where Roman Catholics think those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
  • a temporary condition of torment or suffering: "a purgatory of drug abuse"
  • (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
  • a temporary condition of torment or suffering; "a purgatory of drug abuse"
  • a temporary condition of torment or suffering

Hypernyms for the word purgatory

• • fictitious place
  • imaginary place
  • mythical place
  • situation
  • state of affairs

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