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purgatorian

purgatorian noun: one who holds to the doctrine of purgatory.

Noun

purgatorian (plural purgatorians)

  1. One who holds to the doctrine of purgatory.
    • we must either suppose that passage to be metaphorical , or hold with many divines , and all the Purgatorians , that departed souls do not all at once arrive at the utmost perfection of which they are capable1791, James Boswell, “(please specify the year)”, in James Boswell, editor, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. […], London: […] Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, […], →OCLC

Forms of purgatorian

pluralpurgatorians

Origin of purgatorian

From purgatory + -ian.

Questions about purgatorian

What does purgatorian mean?
Purgatorian means one who holds to the doctrine of purgatory.
What part of speech is purgatorian?
Purgatorian is a noun.
What is the plural of purgatorian?
The plural of purgatorian is purgatorians.

Words near purgatorian in the dictionary

  1. purgative
  2. purgatively
  3. purgatives
  4. Purgatoire
  5. purgatorial
  6. purgatorian
  7. purgatorians
  8. purgatorie
  9. purgatories
  10. purgatoriid
  11. purgatoriids

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