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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | purgatory |
purgatorial fires.
Examples of purgatorial
purgatorial
Their leering faces make an already horrendous train journey truly purgatorial.
From the guardian.co.uk
Then stumbles halfway up, to Betty Ford or some equivalent purgatorial rehab.
From the time.com
So he joined the bonfire, tossing a book into purgatorial fire.
From the arcane-reveries.blogspot.com
This lends the movie a feeling of purgatorial entrapment.
From the washingtonpost.com
Many of the other children in this purgatorial hospital were bald and suffering from non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
From the sfgate.com
What was previously hellish is now merely purgatorial and upon repeated tastings, something close to heavenly.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
It is not as if anyone is about to choose the plane again, when flying has become such a purgatorial way to travel.
From the economist.com
Are they limbo-dancing in some purgatorial place?
From the guardian.co.uk
Seven years after the Pope ended that purgatorial receivership, the Jesuits appear to have won John Paul's approval.
From the time.com
- Serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites"
- Of or resembling purgatory; "purgatorial fires"
