Crossword-Solution: PURGATORY 9 letters, 18 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 15

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Purgatory a. Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory.
Purgatory n. A state or place of purification after death; according
to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist
after death, in which the souls of persons are purified by expiating
such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation,
or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have
been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the
souls are believed to be received into heaven.

We have 18 clues for the answer “PURGATORY”

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place or state of temporary suffering 1 answer
Ski spot #3 1 answer
SPIRITUAL purging, place or condition of 1 answer
PURGING, condition or place of 1 answer
BETWEEN heaven and hell 2 answers
hell on earth 3 answers
middle ground 3 answers
spiritual purging 3 answers
nether regions 7 answers
Mea culpa 8 answers
expiation 10 answers
limbo 11 answers
place of the dead 11 answers
Tribulation 17 answers
Penance 19 answers
insurrection 55 answers
BEYOND ___ 61 answers
Anguish 63 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with PURGATORY (5)

She may be the most abominable old woman in the world, and make your life a purgatory; but, after all, she is _ma mère_, and you have no right to judge her.
The American Henry James 1994
They all {the poets quoted in the passage omitted above}, comparatively, speak FROM OUTSIDE; Browning speaks FROM INSIDE, as if an angel came to give all the hints we could receive, “‘Of that imperial palace when we came.’ He speaks of music as Dante does of Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory, because he has been there.
Introduction to Robert Browning Hiram Corson 2008
For it has been held that this sacrifice or work of the Mass, even though it be rendered by a wicked [and abandoned] scoundrel, frees men from sins, both in this life and also in purgatory, while only the Lamb of God shall and must do this, as has been said above.
The Smalcald Articles Martin Luther 1995
They had all received absolution everyday before the fight began; they had been promised a free passage through purgatory and a triumphant entry into heaven.” “Well, I will tell you something; Fray Ignatius showed it to me--it was a paper printed.
Remember the Alamo Amelia E. Barr 2008
And there is nothing further from my character: in love and in war, I am all for the forward movement; and these days of waiting made my purgatory.
St. Ives Robert Louis Stevenson 2010

Quotes with PURGATORY (3)

I will find you," he whispered in my ear. "I promise. If I must endure two hundred years of purgatory, two hundred years without you - then that is my punishment, which I have earned for my crimes. For I have lied, and killed, and stolen; betrayed and broken trust. But there is the one thing that shall lie in the balance. When I shall stand before God, I shall have one thing to say, to weigh against the rest." His voice dropped, nearly to a whisper, and his arms tightened aro…
Diana Gabaldon Dragonfly in Amber
People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things. You don't necessarily even have to be afraid of punishment after death; purgatory, hell, and heaven are things that a lot of people can't accept, but still a religion, it doesn't matter which, keeps a person on the right path. It isn't the fear of God but the upholding of one's own honor and conscience. How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling…
Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl
It is high time that I learn to be more careful about hope, a reckless emotion for travelers. The sensible approach would be to the expect the worst, the very worst, that way you avoid grievous disappointment and who knows with a tiny bit of luck, you might even have a moderately pleasant surprise, like the difference between hell and purgatory.
Martha Gellhorn
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Appears in: USA TODAY.

Used 1 time in crossword archives (2001).