purgatorial

[ pur-guh-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr- ]

/ ˌpɜr gəˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr- /

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adjective

removing or purging sin; expiatory: purgatorial rites.

of, relating to, or like purgatory.

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Origin of purgatorial

First recorded in 1490–1500; purgatory + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM purgatorial

non·pur·ga·to·ri·al, adjective

Words nearby purgatorial

pure reason, purfle, purgation, purgative, Purgatoire, purgatorial, purgatory, purge, purging, purging nut, puri

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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 Hedin
All 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 Eliot
The speakers were a pair of old Purgatorial Twins, not without alleviations, designed by Nature to multiply.
Punch, Or the London Charivari Volume 107, November 24, 1894|Various
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. Leuba

Surely 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

purgatorial

/ (ˌpɜːɡəˈtɔːrɪəl) /

adjective

serving to purify from sin

of, relating to, or like purgatory

Derived forms of purgatorial

purgatorially, adverb

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