purgatory
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a temporary condition of torment or suffering
a purgatory of drug abuse
Types & categories
- situation hypernym
Related & opposite
- purgatorial derivation
Sense 2 noun
(theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
Types & categories
- imaginary place hypernym
Related & opposite
- purgatorial derivation
- theology domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | purgatorial |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | situation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | purgatorial |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | theology |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | imaginary place |