Associations to the word «Purgatory»
Noun
- Treatise
- Frankfurt
- Benny
- Judgement
- Condemnation
- Florence
- Judaism
- Earth
- Poem
- Hereafter
- Sung
- Flashback
- Perfection
- Trilogy
- God
- Dec
- Winchester
- Worship
- Christian
- Devil
- Duration
- Pang
- Pain
- Priest
- Monk
- Existence
- Eden
- Insertion
- Spirit
- Demon
- Prophecy
- Fringe
- Depicting
- Dean
- Reject
- Equivalent
- Church
- Clergy
- Satisfaction
- Sacrifice
- Efficacy
- Teaching
- Speculation
- Annie
- Thesis
- Pueblo
- Rejection
- Proper
- Gregory
- Poet
- Christianity
- Bible
- Magician
- Stain
- Thread
- Gate
- Eve
- Mount
- Passage
- Plague
- Death
- Concept
- Agony
- Lyons
- Accord
- Kings
Adjective
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Wiktionary
PURGATORY, noun. (theology) In Catholicism, the stage of the afterlife where souls suffer for their sins before they can enter heaven
PURGATORY, noun. Any situation causing suffering
PURGATORY, adjective. Tending to cleanse; expiatory.
Dictionary definition
PURGATORY, noun. A temporary condition of torment or suffering; "a purgatory of drug abuse".
PURGATORY, noun. (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins.
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.