Purgatory defenition
Learner’s definition of PURGATORY
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Purgatory [singular] : a state after death according to Roman Catholic belief in which the souls of people who die are made pure through suffering before going to heaven
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: a place or state of suffering
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the purgatory of drug abuse
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The marathons were jokingly referred to as one-day purgatories.
