Purgatoire

American  

[pur-guh-twahr, ‑-tawr-ee, ‑-tohr-ee] / ˈpɜr gəˌtwɑr, ‑ˌtɔr i, ‑ˌtoʊr i /

noun

1. a river in SE Colorado, flowing NE to the Arkansas River. 186 miles (299 km) long.

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Example Sentences

Jim Finch, an old trapper that went under by the Utes near the Sangre de Cristo Pass, a few years ago, had told me there was lots of beaver on the Purgatoire.

From The Great Salt Lake Trail by Inman, Henry

The titles of some of the latter, L'Alchimie du Purgatoire, La Cosmographie Infernale, etc., are characteristic of the time.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

Sinner, "Essai sur les Dogmes de la Metempsychose et du Purgatoire."

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

In the Purgatoire River, a thriving population was found where the water temperature was 92� F., on September 6, 1959.

From Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis gracilis by Cross, Frank B.

Hundreds of flathead chubs were collected in such pools in the Purgatoire and Arkansas rivers.

From Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis gracilis by Cross, Frank B.