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purgatorial, a.|pɜːgəˈtɔərɪəl|
[f. late L. purgātōri-us or med.L. purgātōri-um (see purgatory a., n.) + -al1.]
Of a spiritually cleansing or purifying quality; also, of, pertaining to, or of the nature of purgatory.
c1450Mirour Saluacioun 3026 So differences fire werldly fro thilk purgatoriale. 1632Lithgow Trav. x. 500 Now leauing Prodigalls to their Purgatoriall Postings. 1874H. R. Reynolds John Bapt. iv. v. 258 If any class needed pungent, purgatorial test, the publicans required it. 1880E. H. Plumptre in Dict. Chr. Biog. II. 195/1 His [Augustine's] own view of a purgatorial punishment for the baptized. |