Purgatory
noun
In some Christian beliefs, it is a place where souls are cleaned of their sins before they go to heaven.
Some people believe that after death, souls go to purgatory before reaching heaven.
Often appears as...
- in purgatory
- go to purgatory
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Religion
noun
A situation where you are waiting, especially for a long time, and find it difficult or painful.
The long and tedious process of obtaining a visa felt like purgatory.
Often appears as...
- feel like purgatory
- in a purgatory
noun
In some Christian beliefs, it is a place where souls are cleaned of their sins before they go to heaven.
Some people believe that after death, souls go to purgatory before reaching heaven.
Often appears as...
- in purgatory
- go to purgatory
Usage tips
Religion
noun
A situation where you are waiting, especially for a long time, and find it difficult or painful.
The long and tedious process of obtaining a visa felt like purgatory.
Often appears as...
- feel like purgatory
- in a purgatory
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Term
Primarily used in a religious context related to Christian beliefs about the afterlife.
The doctrine of purgatory is essential in some religious teachings.
Pro Tip 2/3Intermediate State
It's not heaven or hell but a temporary state where souls undergo purification.
Her faith taught her that purgatory was a step on the path to paradise.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Place
Considered a spiritual state rather than an actual place you can visit.
Purgatory exists in beliefs, not on a map.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Term
Primarily used in a religious context related to Christian beliefs about the afterlife.
The doctrine of purgatory is essential in some religious teachings.
Pro Tip 2/3Intermediate State
It's not heaven or hell but a temporary state where souls undergo purification.
Her faith taught her that purgatory was a step on the path to paradise.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Place
Considered a spiritual state rather than an actual place you can visit.
Purgatory exists in beliefs, not on a map.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Term
Primarily used in a religious context related to Christian beliefs about the afterlife.
The doctrine of purgatory is essential in some religious teachings.
Pro Tip 2/3Intermediate State
It's not heaven or hell but a temporary state where souls undergo purification.
Her faith taught her that purgatory was a step on the path to paradise.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Place
Considered a spiritual state rather than an actual place you can visit.
Purgatory exists in beliefs, not on a map.
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Jay Walker: A library of...
actually hand-wrote these things called indulgences, which were forgiveness’s on pieces of paper. They traveled all around Europe and sold by the hundreds or by the thousands. They got you out of purgatory faster. And when the printing press was invented what they found was they could print indulgences,
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out of punishment so they can go to heaven and why should it be easier for the rich to avoid a long time in purgatory than it is for the poor he thinks it's way too much about money and too little about god when priests sell letters of indulgence with slogans such
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Jay Walker: A library of...
actually hand-wrote these things called indulgences, which were forgiveness’s on pieces of paper. They traveled all around Europe and sold by the hundreds or by the thousands. They got you out of purgatory faster. And when the printing press was invented what they found was they could print indulgences,
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A Fun, Animated History...
out of punishment so they can go to heaven and why should it be easier for the rich to avoid a long time in purgatory than it is for the poor he thinks it's way too much about money and too little about god when priests sell letters of indulgence with slogans such
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Gary Ackerman
American Politician
You can compromise between good, better, and best, and you can compromise between bad and worse and terrible. But you can't compromise between good and evil. And now people look at the other side as a completely different kind of animal and say, 'They are taking the country down the road to purgatory.' It's complete intolerance.
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Mark Rylance
English Actor
I think the idea that life ends when we physically die is as painful as the idea in Cromwell's time that there's some awful purgatory, and you have to give money to the Catholic church to get your loved ones out. I certainly have experienced a lot of evidence that there's a consciousness that isn't physical.
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James Blake
American Athlete
We live with incessant music, all the time. It's like some weird musical purgatory, there is absolutely no rest for the ears, no space to absorb and reflect.
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Katee Sackhoff
American Actress
I think God's wrath and purgatory are the only things keeping me on the straight and narrow. I like the idea of purgatory. It's like a cosmic do-over.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
If I were a Roman Catholic, I should turn a heretic, in sheer desperation, because I would rather go to heaven than go to purgatory.
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John Gregory Dunne
American Novelist
Retirement is purgatory for the former sports star. The world outside organized sports is unforgiving.
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Sylvester Stallone
American Actor
Rocky' represents the optimistic side of life, and 'Rambo' represents purgatory.
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Vivek Wadhwa
Indian Businessman
The IPO is no exit for the entrepreneur; it's the start of purgatory.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
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David Berman
American Musician
The world of commerce is a kind of a purgatory itself.
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Gary Ackerman
American Politician
You can compromise between good, better, and best, and you can compromise between bad and worse and terrible. But you can't compromise between good and evil. And now people look at the other side as a completely different kind of animal and say, 'They are taking the country down the road to purgatory.' It's complete intolerance.
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Mark Rylance
English Actor
I think the idea that life ends when we physically die is as painful as the idea in Cromwell's time that there's some awful purgatory, and you have to give money to the Catholic church to get your loved ones out. I certainly have experienced a lot of evidence that there's a consciousness that isn't physical.
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James Blake
American Athlete
We live with incessant music, all the time. It's like some weird musical purgatory, there is absolutely no rest for the ears, no space to absorb and reflect.
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Katee Sackhoff
American Actress
I think God's wrath and purgatory are the only things keeping me on the straight and narrow. I like the idea of purgatory. It's like a cosmic do-over.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
If I were a Roman Catholic, I should turn a heretic, in sheer desperation, because I would rather go to heaven than go to purgatory.
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John Gregory Dunne
American Novelist
Retirement is purgatory for the former sports star. The world outside organized sports is unforgiving.
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Sylvester Stallone
American Actor
Rocky' represents the optimistic side of life, and 'Rambo' represents purgatory.
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Vivek Wadhwa
Indian Businessman
The IPO is no exit for the entrepreneur; it's the start of purgatory.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
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David Berman
American Musician
The world of commerce is a kind of a purgatory itself.
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