purgatory
41purgatory — noun /ˈpərɡəˌtɔri/ a) In Catholicism, the stage of the afterlife where souls suffer for their sins before they can enter heaven b) any situation causing suffering …
42purgatory — Synonyms and related words: Abaddon, Day of Atonement, Gehenna, Hades, Naraka, Pandemonium, Sheol, Tophet, Yom Kippur, asceticism, avichi, bog, cage, clawing, cold purgatorial fires, coop, cruciation, crucifixion, enclosure, fasting, fen,… …
43PURGATORY — in the creed of the Church of Rome a place in which the souls of the dead, saved from hell by the death of Christ, are chastened and purified from venial sins, a result which is, in great part, ascribed to the prayers of the faithful and the… …
44purgatory — The interim state, according to Catholic belief, for those of the dead who must be punished or purified before being fit for the Vision of God. The biblical basis for the doctrine is in 2 Macc. 12:39–45 and 1 Cor. 3:11–15, but there was… …
45purgatory — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. limbo, netherworld, underworld; atonement.See hell. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. limbo, hell, torture, penance, hell on earth, place of the dead, hereafter; see also hell 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) …
46PURGATORY — a ROMAN CATHOLIC doctrine which teaches that after death SOULS must be purified before they can enter HEAVEN. The doctrine was the basis for INDULGENCES and PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD …
47purgatory — sb. 622 β …
48purgatory — pur·ga·to·ry || pÉœrgÉ™tÉ”rɪ / trɪ n. place of purification, place where one s sins are absolved adj. cleansing, absolving, purifying …
49Purgatory — A temporary state of punishment where the faithful expiate their sins before entering Heaven …
50purgatory — [ pə:gət(ə)ri] noun (plural purgatories) 1》 (in Catholic doctrine) a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven. 2》 mental anguish. Derivatives purgatorial adjective Origin ME …
