purgatorial

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purgatorial

Rhymes with -ɔːɹiəl

adjective more purgatorial · most purgatorial

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling purgatory. What aunswere then will you make to him that shall frame out of Saynt Paul an argument to ouerthrow the whole force and estimacion of your Purgatory on this wise? Fe. Christ needeth no Purgatoriall Expiation. Ri, Christ is our Righteousnes, out of S. Paul. So. Ergo. Our Righteousnes needeth not any
  2. That purifies by removing sin; expiatory. But to enter the Church in such an unscholarly way that he could not in any probability rise to a higher grade through all his career than that of the humble curate wearing his life out in an obscure village or city slum—that might have a touch of goodness and greatness in it; that might be true rel

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@misc{purgatorial_2026,
  title = {purgatorial},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/purgatorial},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}