purgatorial
Origin of purgatorial
1Other words from purgatorial
- non·pur·ga·to·ri·al, adjective
Words Nearby purgatorial
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How to use purgatorial in a sentence
If any one washes once in the lake, the sins of his forefathers are forgiven, and their souls are relieved from purgatorial fires.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2) | Sven HedinAll this vexation makes a cold and headache doubly intolerable, and I am in a most purgatorial state on this "good Sunday."
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3) | George EliotThe speakers were a pair of old purgatorial Twins, not without alleviations, designed by Nature to multiply.
The sallies of a Schopenhauer and a Nietzsche lack the purgatorial note which religious sadness gives forth.
The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion | James H. LeubaSurely hell, the place of punishment and purgatorial expiation, is actually upon this earth in such cases.
The Wanderings of a Spiritualist | Arthur Conan Doyle
British Dictionary definitions for purgatorial
/ (ˌpɜːɡəˈtɔːrɪəl) /
serving to purify from sin
of, relating to, or like purgatory
Derived forms of purgatorial
- purgatorially, adverb
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