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   pur·ga·to·ry

   /ˈpərɡəˌtôrē/

   noun

   • 1. (in Roman Catholic doctrine) a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven: "all her sins were forgiven and she would not need to go to Purgatory"
   • ▪ mental anguish or suffering: "this was purgatory, worse than anything she'd faced in her life"

   adjective

   • 1. having the quality of cleansing or purifying: archaic "infernal punishments are purgatory and medicinal"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French purgatorie or medieval Latin purgatorium, neuter (used as a noun) of late Latin purgatorius ‘purifying’, from the verb purgare (see purge).

   Derivatives

   • 1. purgatorial adjective

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