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"a purgatory of drug abuse"nouna temporary condition of torment or sufferingtype of:
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noun(theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
Definition that contains purgatory
- dante an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321)
- indulgence the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution
- purgatorial of or resembling purgatory
- all souls' day a day of supplication for all the souls in purgatory
- dante alighieri an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321)
- november 2 a day of supplication for all the souls in purgatory