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purgatorians

purgatorians is the plural of purgatorian.

Meaning of purgatorian

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

Questions about purgatorians

What is purgatorians the plural of?
Purgatorians is the plural of purgatorian.

Words near purgatorians in the dictionary

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

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