| purgatory | | |
| n. (state) | 1. purgatory | a temporary condition of torment or suffering.; "a purgatory of drug abuse" |
| ~ situation | a complex or critical or unusual difficulty.; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. purgatory | (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins. |
| ~ fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place | a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings. |
| ~ theology, divinity | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth. |
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