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Meanings of purgatorial in English

Serving to purge or rid of sin.

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Imaginary place.

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Usage of purgatorial in English
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So why does our Government persist with this purgatorial cycle of political paralysis?
Independent.ie
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I'd been in this purgatorial state for a week when Sheila showed up.
Your sad eyes and unforgettable mouth
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His interview with Tansy Freneau had been short and nothing short of purgatorial.
Black house
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But something has gone awry in Chris Carter's purgatorial theme park.
The new yorker
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To read it through now-a-days were to perform a purgatorial penance.
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 2
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Just as she had stood, I knew, eight purgatorial years ago.
A Village Ophelia and Other Stories
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Was she not miserable enough to satisfy the sternest believer in purgatorial purification?
At Last: A Novel
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Young people live out what should be their most exciting years in purgatorial deep-freeze.
The Irish Times
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They lack the purgatorial note which religious sadness gives forth.
The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature
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Upwards of four months were spent at this purgatorial work.
Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
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But the journey in this weather would be purgatorial.
Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India
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Nothing moved in that purgatorial waste save carnivorous birds.
Blood Meridian
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There is no reference to anything in the nature of what Roman Catholics call purgatorial fires.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinth...
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But I fear that I led some to dread His coming, as they would purgatorial fires.
From Jest to Earnest
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Shall we invest with like purgatorial powers the flaming swords that barred the way to Paradise?
Nature Mysticism
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A purgatorial day in Cardiff city centre.
The Irish Times
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