Associations to the word «Purgatory»

Wiktionary

PURGATORY, noun. (theology) In Catholicism, the stage of the afterlife where souls suffer for their sins before they can enter heaven
PURGATORY, noun. Any situation causing suffering
PURGATORY, adjective. Tending to cleanse; expiatory.

Dictionary definition

PURGATORY, noun. A temporary condition of torment or suffering; "a purgatory of drug abuse".
PURGATORY, 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.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King