Purgatorial
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Purgatorial is an adjective meaning Of, pertaining to, or resembling purgatory.
Meaning
Of, pertaining to, or resembling purgatory.
More Meanings
- That purifies by removing sin; expiatory.
Example Sentences
Often […] exile is conceived as a purgatorial experience which the West Indian must undergo in order to know himself.
At the same time, [the three bishops] emitted a summary confession of their faith […] that there is no purgatorial state after this life […]
Dante makes this earlier exchange into a protopilgrimage in the purgatorial style and retroactively imbues it with the weight of this later project, his sacrato poema.
[…] fearful lest in the midst of the purgatorial fire, which differed from the infernal only in that it was not everlasting, his penance might avail no more than a drop of moisture […]
Synonyms for purgatorial
Depending on context, synonyms include purging, purifying.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include purging, purifying, puritanical, purificational, compurgatorial, purpurous.
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