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purgatories

purgatories is the plural of purgatory.

Meaning of purgatory

Noun

purgatory (countable and uncountable, plural purgatories)

  1. Any situation where suffering is endured, particularly as part of a process of redemption.
    • the purgatory of lost love

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Questions about purgatories

What is purgatories the plural of?
Purgatories is the plural of purgatory.

Words near purgatories in the dictionary

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

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