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Definition of purgatorial - 2 dictionary results

pur⋅ga⋅to⋅ri⋅al

  [pur-guh-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-]
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–adjective
1. removing or purging sin; expiatory: purgatorial rites.
2. of, pertaining to, or like purgatory.
Origin:
1490–1500; purgatory + -al 1
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pur·ga·to·ri·al   (pûr'gə-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-)   
adj.  

  1. Serving to purify of sin; expiatory.

  2. Of, relating to, or resembling purgatory.

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