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Purgatorial

adjective
1.
Serving to purge or rid of sin.  Synonyms: purging, purifying.
2.
Of or resembling purgatory.






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"Purgatorial" Quotes from Famous Books



... drinking the water, he abstains for a day and night from food, and partakes of certain mysteries inaccessible to the vulgar; from which it is to be collected that there are two methods by which man may be prepared for the reception of the divine influence: one by the drinking of purgatorial water, endowed by the Deity with a clarifying virtue; the other, by sobriety, solitude, the separation of the mind from the body, and the intent contemplation of ...
— The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II • Various



Words linked to "Purgatorial" :   purgatory, purgation, purging, purifying



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