purgatory in English

noun

1

(in Roman Catholic doctrine) a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven.

We Catholics believe in the purgatory and the heavens.

adjective

1

having the quality of cleansing or purifying.

infernal punishments are purgatory and medicinal

noun

torment, torture, misery, suffering, affliction, anguish, agony, woe, hell, an ordeal, a nightmare

Use "purgatory" in a sentence

1. Purgatory.

2. It's Purgatory.

3. We're in Purgatory?

4. Earth is purgatory.

5. Alone in Purgatory.

6. Purgatory was pure.

7. You were in Purgatory?

8. But purgatory, torture, hell itself.

9. First rule of Purgatory, kid.

10. With the hot water of purgatory.

11. McCree suffered in an employment purgatory.

12. Souls are so purified in purgatory.

13. a purgatory of drug abuse.

14. Their ideas of hell resemble Catholicism’s purgatory.

15. Can we help the souls in Purgatory?

16. Cleansing in Purgatory is necessary for such people.

17. To this scenario Catholicism adds Limbo and purgatory.

18. Prayers were said for souls in Purgatory.

19. Every step of the last three miles was purgatory.

20. Taoist rites, said to release a soul from purgatory

21. Catholic rites, said to aid souls in purgatory

22. Sewing is relaxation for some, purgatory for others.

23. She fearlessly surrendered her bitter spirit unto purgatory.

24. Getting up at four o'clock every morning is sheer purgatory.

25. Sewing is relaxation for some[Sentence dictionary], purgatory for others.

26. This was purgatory, worse than anything she'd faced in her life.

27. On some, the soul in purgatory peeps from a bowl of flame.

28. Standing too close to exploding Dick sends your ass straight to Purgatory.

29. For me it was just a transfer from one purgatory to another.

30. Are we supposed to help them get out of some terrible purgatory?

31. Marriage , with peace , is this world's paradise; with strife, this world's purgatory.

32. He's so impatient that waiting in a queue is sheer purgatory for him!

33. Cantyplax Annihilated purgatory, or CAP for short, is a super buff of ZAP

34. Historically, belief in Limbo resulted from 12th-century theological debates relative to purgatory.

35. Is either purgatory or a fiery hell taught anywhere in the Bible?

36. They rejected Catholic doctrine regarding the use of images and belief in purgatory.

37. In stark contrast to such kindness and understanding was my purgatory at work.

38. The island was turned into a purgatory for slaves before they were sold.

39. Some fear that their soul might go to a fiery hell or to purgatory.

40. ‘Wynonna Earp’ Stars on Being Tempted by Love, Kicking Chickens and More Purgatory Craziness

41. The immortality of the soul, the Trinity, purgatory, and a hellfire to torment people eternally.

42. Tyndale likewise held to the word “resurrection,” rejecting purgatory and consciousness after death as unbiblical.

43. Christina believed she was released from the afterlife to pray for the souls in purgatory.

44. She landed on the altar and spoke of her journey through heaven, hell, purgatory, and back.

45. Perhaps it's better for one to die alone than, to live life in eternal purgatory.

46. A more subtle refinement of that teaching is the temporary suffering in the fires of purgatory.

47. Charge of a gold ingot to have 2 hours of purgatory is also a good time!

48. 9 The idea of being marooned at Balmoral for months on end is her vision of purgatory.

49. Although Protestant Reformers took issue with the teaching of purgatory, they accepted the idea of eternal punishment or reward.

50. The agonies she endured never satisfied her insatiable thirst to suffer for sinners and for the souls in Purgatory.