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Purgatory
Purgatory Pur"ga*to*ry, a. [L. purgatorius.]
Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory. --Burke.
Purgatory
Purgatory Pur"ga*to*ry, n. [Cf. F. purgatoire.]
A state or place of purification after death; according to
the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to
exist after death, in which the souls of persons are purified
by expiating such offenses committed in this life as do not
merit eternal damnation, or in which they fully satisfy the
justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this
purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed
to be received into heaven.
Meaning of Purgatory from wikipedia
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Purgatory (Latin: purgatorium,
borrowed into
English via Anglo-Norman and Old French) is a p****ing
intermediate state after physical death for purifying...
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purgatory in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Purgatory is, in
Roman Catholic and
other religious teachings, a
temporary state of the dead.
Purgatory...
- The idea of
purgatory has
roots that date back into antiquity. A sort of proto-
purgatory called the "celestial Hades"
appears in the
writings of Plato...
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Purgatorio (Italian: [purɡaˈtɔːrjo];
Italian for "
Purgatory") is the
second part of Dante's
Divine Comedy,
following the
Inferno and
preceding the Paradiso...
- due
punishment or reward", and
describes Dante's
travels through ****,
Purgatory, and Heaven. Allegorically, the poem
represents the soul's
journey towards...
- St Patrick's
Purgatory is an
ancient pilgrimage site on
Station Island in
Lough Derg,
County Donegal, Ireland.
According to legend, the site
dates from...
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Purgatory is an
Indonesian heavy metal band from Jakarta,
formed in 1991. The band
started out
originally as a
death metal group heavily influenced by...
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Purgatory Resort is a ski
resort located in the San Juan
Mountains of
Southwest Colorado, 25
miles (42 km)
north of the town of Durango.
Established in...
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Purgatory Correctional Facility is the
county jail of
Washington County, Utah. Also
known as the
Washington County Jail, it is
located near St. George...
- cuisine,
there is a
version of this dish
called uova in
purgatorio (eggs in
purgatory) that adds garlic,
basil or parsley. Food
portal List of
Middle Eastern...
