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purgatories
Variant of purgatory
noun pl. purgatories
- Theol. a state or place in which, in Rom. Catholicism and other Christian doctrine, those who have died in the grace of God expiate their sins by suffering
- any state or place of temporary punishment, expiation, or remorse
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