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Purging place
noun
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Noun
- 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 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 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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