Betekenis van:
purgatory

purgatory
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • wachtplaats voor de hemel
  • (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins

Hyperoniemen

purgatory
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • a temporary condition of torment or suffering
    "a purgatory of drug abuse"

    Hyperoniemen


    Voorbeeldzinnen

    1. Marriage, in peace, is this world's paradise; in strife, this life's purgatory.
    2. The invention of a purgatory, and of the releasing of souls therefrom, by prayers, bought of the church with money; the selling of pardons, dispensations, and indulgences, are revenue laws, without bearing that name or carrying that appearance.