Purging place

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A place where purging occurs; A body part where excess humors are expelled. obsolete

    "An aposteme gendred in þe purgynge places [sc. Latin tribus emunctoriis], þat is to say, of þe brayne vnder þe eres, of þe herte vnder þe arme holes, of þe lyuer in the schares."

  2. 2
    A place where purging occurs; A place where the body is purged of waste: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory. obsolete

    "He buylt in all streetes in Rome publique purging places [sc. Spanish latrinas publicas]."

  3. 3
    A place where purging occurs; The place where the soul is purged of sin: Purgatory. archaic

    "Is this, said I, the Papists purging place?"

Etymology

Originally as a calque or translation of various Latin or Spanish terms.

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