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purgatory (72 synonym found)

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Abaddon

asceticism

avichi

bog

cage

clawing

cold purgatorial fires

coop

cruciation

crucifixion

Day of Atonement

enclosure

fasting

fen

flagellation

Gehenna

Hades

hair shirt

hell

hell upon earth

holocaust

horror

infernal regions

inferno

jahannan

laceration

lancination

limbo

lower world

lustration

maceration

marsh

martyrdom

mire

morass

mortification

Naraka

nether world

nightmare

Pandemonium

passion

pen

penance

penfold

penitence

penitential act

penitential exercise

perdition

persecution

pinfold

place of confinement

place of torment

pound

purgation

quag

quagmire

rack

repentance

Sheol

sackcloth and ashes

shades below

slough

sump

Tophet

the abyss

the bottomless pit

the grave

the pit

torment

torture

underworld

Yom Kippur

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Definition of purgatory:

(n) : in Catholic theology, the stage of the afterlife where souls suffer for their sins before they can enter heaven; any situation causing suffering

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Definition of purgatory:

(n) : in Catholic theology, the stage of the afterlife where souls suffer for their sins before they can enter heaven; any situation causing suffering

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