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Definition of Purgatorial
1. Adjective. Serving to purge or rid of sin. "Purgatorial rites"
2. Adjective. Of or resembling purgatory. "Purgatorial fires"
Definition of Purgatorial
1. a. Of or pertaining to purgatory; expiatory.
Definition of Purgatorial
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or resembling purgatory ¹
2. Adjective. That purifies by removing sin; expiatory ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Purgatorial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purgatorial
Literary usage of Purgatorial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Systematic Theology: A Compendium and Commonplace-book Designed for the Use by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1909)
"B. The passages first cited refute, on the other hand, the view that the suffering
of the intermediate state is purgatorial. According to the doctrine of ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"mediaeval conception of purgatorial fires, but all the disastrous reaction and
revolt that has followed them.—DONALDSON, AUG. В., 1900, Five Great Oxford ..."
3. Humanity Immortal: Or, Man Tried, Fallen, and Redeemed by Laurens Perseus Hickok (1872)
"THERE is NO OPPORTUNITY FOR purgatorial EXPERIENCES. — So far as all moral change
in purification of spirit from selfish purposes is concerned, ..."
4. Outlines of Systematic Theology: Designed for the Use of Theological Students by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1908)
"B. The passages first cited refute, on the other hand, the view that the suffering
of the intermediate state is purgatorial. According to the doctrine of ..."
5. The Soul in the Unseen World: An Inquiry Into the Doctrine of the by Reginald Ernest Hutton (1902)
"St. Gregory states plainly that " there is 'a purgatorial fire before the judgment."
In this sentence we have the beginning of a point of difference between ..."
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