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

State officials now are offering new leases to energy companies for drilling on 13,000 acres of Las Animas County south of the Purgatoire River for extraction of helium.

From Washington Times

A group of bearded men stayed up late, talking paleo shop, but the next morning, everyone was up early, eager to get back to their sites along the Purgatoire River.

From New York Times

The earliest work on the program, “Motet Pour les Tréspassés à 8: Plainte des Âmes du Purgatoire,” was a product of Charpentier’s service to the Guise family, which endured a swift series of calamitous deaths during the early 1670s.

From New York Times

Les ermites et les moines passent de groupe en groupe en qu�tant pour les �mes du purgatoire.

From Project Gutenberg

M'est avis que ces pauvres ouvriers font leur purgatoire en ce monde; et qu'il vaudrait mieux leur donner de l'argent que de leur en demander; ils donnent pourtant, et sans se faire tirer l'oreille.

From Project Gutenberg