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Definition of Purgatories
1. purgatory [n] - See also: purgatory
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purgatories
Literary usage of Purgatories
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts by Massachusetts Geological Survey, Edward Hitchcock (1841)
"Purgatories. 1 know not what fancied resemblances have applied this whimsical
name to several extensive fissures in the rocks of New England. ..."
2. Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts by Massachusetts Geological Survey, Edward Hitchcock (1841)
"Purgatories. 1 know not what fancied resemblances have applied this whimsical
name to several extensive fissures in the rocks of New England. ..."
3. Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts by Massachusetts Geological Survey, Edward Hitchcock (1841)
"Purgatories. 1 know not what fancied resemblances have applied this whimsical
name to several extensive fissures in the rocks of New England. ..."
4. Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts by Massachusetts Geological survey, Edward Hitchcock (1835)
"Purgatories. I know not what fancied resemblances have applied this whimsical
name to several extensive fissures in the rocks of New England. ..."
5. Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts by Massachusetts Geological Survey, Edward Hitchcock (1835)
"Purgatories. I know not what fancied resemblances have applied this whimsical
name to several extensive fissures in the rocks of New England. ..."
6. The Works of John Jewel, D.D., Bishop of Salisbury by John Jewel, Richard William Jelf (1848)
"I told you, he shall prevail by falsehood, and by feigned miracles : by bulls,
by pardons, by purgatories, and by such other devices and shifts ..."