English-Thai Dictionary

purgatory

N สถานการณ์ ที่ เลวร้าย มาก  torture sa-ta-na-kan-ti-leo-rai-mak

 

purgatory

N สถานที่ วิญญาณ รับ โทษทัณ ฑ์ ก่อน ขึ้น สวรรค์ (ตาม ความเชื่อ ใน ศาสนาคริสต์ นิกาย โรมัน คา ธอลิค  limbo sa-tan-ne-win-yan-rabtod-kon-kuan-sa-wan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PURGATORY

a.[L. purgatorius, from purgo, to purge. ] Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory.

 

PURGATORY

n.Among catholics, a supposed place or state after death, in which the souls of persons are purified, or in which they expiate such offenses committed in this life, as do not merit eternal damnation. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are supposed to be received into heaven.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PURGATORY

Pur "ga *to *ry, a. Etym: [L. purgatorius.]

 

Defn: Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory. Burke.

 

PURGATORY

Pur "ga *to *ry, n. Etym: [Cf. F. purgatoire. ]

 

Defn: A state or place of purification after death; according to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist after death, in which the souls of persons are purified by expiating such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation, or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed to be received into heaven.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

purgatory

pur ga to ry |ˈpərgəˌtôrē ˈpərɡəˌtɔri | ▶noun ( pl. purgatories ) (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. • mental anguish or suffering: this was purgatory, worse than anything she'd faced in her life. ▶adjective archaic having the quality of cleansing or purifying: infernal punishments are purgatory and medicinal. DERIVATIVES pur ga to ri al |ˌpərgəˈtôrēəl |adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French purgatorie or medieval Latin purgatorium, neuter (used as a noun ) of late Latin purgatorius ‘purifying, ’ from the verb purgare (see purge ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

purgatory

purgatory |ˈpəːgət (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. purgatories ) (often Purgatory ) (in Catholic doctrine ) a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven. • [ mass noun ] mental anguish or suffering: this was purgatory, worse than anything she'd faced in her life. ▶adjective archaic having the quality of cleansing or purifying: infernal punishments are purgatory and medicinal. DERIVATIVES purgatorial |-ˈtɔːrɪəl |adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French purgatorie or medieval Latin purgatorium, neuter (used as a noun ) of late Latin purgatorius ‘purifying ’, from the verb purgare (see purge ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

purgatory

purgatory noun his internship was purgatory: torment, torture, misery, suffering, affliction, anguish, agony, woe, hell; an ordeal, a nightmare. ANTONYMS paradise.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

purgatory

purgatory noun the pre-med year was a necessary term of purgatory: torment, torture, misery, suffering, affliction, anguish, agony, wretchedness, woe, tribulation, hell, hell on earth; an ordeal, a nightmare, a hellhole, an abyss; trials and tribulations. ANTONYMS paradise, bliss.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

purgatory

pur ga to ry /pə́ː r ɡətɔ̀ːri |-t (ə )ri /名詞 U 1 〘カトリック 〙〖しばしばP -〗煉獄 （れんごく ）, 浄罪界 〘死者の霊魂が天国に入る前に罪を浄化されると考えられていた場所 〙.2 ｟くだけて ｠煉獄さながらの状態 [場所 ]; ひどい苦痛 .