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Reverse Dictionary: PURGATORY

PURGATORY

ADJECTIVES
► TARTAREAL belonging to the Tartarus of the ancients; hence, pert. to hell or to purgatory; infernal → 1602 obs.
► TARTAREAN belonging to the Tartarus of the ancients; hence, pert. to hell or to purgatory; infernal → 1623

NOUNS
► THE LAND OF WHIPPERGINNIE a nickname for purgatory → 1594 sl., obs.

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