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Definition of purgatory

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Purgatory (n.) 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..

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Expurgatorial :: Expurgatorial (a.) Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory.

Depurgatory :: Depurgatory (a.) Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify.

Expurgatorious :: Expurgatorious (a.) Expurgatory.

Purgatorian :: Purgatorian (a.) Of or pertaining to purgatory; expiatory.

Purgatory :: Purgatory (a.) Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory.

Purgatory :: Purgatory (n.) 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..

Pray :: Pray (v. t.) To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory..

Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory..

Purgatorian :: Purgatorian (n.) One who holds to the doctrine of purgatory.

Expurgatory :: Expurgatory (a.) Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying.