Definition of Purgatories

1. Noun. (plural of purgatory) ¹

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Definition of Purgatories

1. purgatory [n] - See also: purgatory

Lexicographical Neighbors of Purgatories

purfling
purflings
purfly
purga
purgament
purgaments
purgation
purgations
purgative
purgatively
purgatives
purgatorial
purgatorian
purgatorians
purgatoric
purgatories (current term)
purgatory
purge
purgeable
purged
purger
purgeries
purgers
purgery
purges
purging
purgings
puri
purification

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 ..."

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