Marriage, in peace, is this world's paradise; in strife, this life's purgatory.
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Purgatory
//ˈpɝɡəˌtɔɹi//
Synonyms for "purgatory" (76 found)
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Related words (38)
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1 entriesTranslations
68 translations across 51 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- purgator name (intermediate state after physical death)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- καθαρτήριον name (intermediate state after physical death)
Arabic
1 entries- مَطْهَر name (intermediate state after physical death)
Armenian
1 entries- քավարան name (intermediate state after physical death)
Baduy
1 entries- ᮘᮜᮌᮓᮙ name (intermediate state after physical death)
Basque
1 entries- garbitoki name (intermediate state after physical death)
Belarusian
1 entries- чысьце́ц name (intermediate state after physical death)
Bulgarian
1 entries- чисти́лище name (intermediate state after physical death)
Catalan
1 entries- purgatori name (intermediate state after physical death)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 煉獄 /炼狱 name (intermediate state after physical death)
Czech
2 entries- očistec name (intermediate state after physical death)
- očistec noun (situation causing suffering)
Danish
1 entries- skærsild name (intermediate state after physical death)
Dutch
3 entries- purgatorium name (intermediate state after physical death)
- vagevuur name (intermediate state after physical death)
- vagevuur noun (situation causing suffering)
Esperanto
1 entries- purgatorio name (intermediate state after physical death)
Estonian
2 entries- puhastustuli name (intermediate state after physical death)
- purgatoorium name (intermediate state after physical death)
Finnish
2 entries- kiirastuli name (intermediate state after physical death)
- kiirastuli noun (situation causing suffering)
French
1 entries- purgatoire name (intermediate state after physical death)
Galician
1 entries- purgatorio name (intermediate state after physical death)
German
4 entries- Fegefeuer name (intermediate state after physical death)
- Fegfeuer name (intermediate state after physical death)
- Fëgfüür name (intermediate state after physical death)
- Purgatorium name (intermediate state after physical death)
Greek
1 entries- καθαρτήριο name (intermediate state after physical death)
Hebrew
1 entries- כור המצרף name (intermediate state after physical death)
Hungarian
2 entries- purgatórium name (intermediate state after physical death)
- tisztítótűz name (intermediate state after physical death)
Icelandic
1 entries- hreinsunareldur name (intermediate state after physical death)
Indonesian
2 entries- api penyucian name (intermediate state after physical death)
- purgatorium name (intermediate state after physical death)
Irish
1 entries- purgadóir name (intermediate state after physical death)
Italian
1 entries- purgatorio name (intermediate state after physical death)
Japanese
1 entries- 煉獄 name (intermediate state after physical death)
Korean
1 entries- 연옥 name (intermediate state after physical death)
Latin
1 entries- purgatorium name (intermediate state after physical death)
Lithuanian
1 entries- skaistykla name (intermediate state after physical death)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- cysć name (intermediate state after physical death)
Macedonian
1 entries- чистилиште name (intermediate state after physical death)
Middle English
2 entries- purgatorie name (intermediate state after physical death)
- purgatorie noun (situation causing suffering)
Norwegian
2 entries- purgatoriet name (intermediate state after physical death)
- skjærsilden name (intermediate state after physical death)
Occitan
1 entries- purgatòri name (intermediate state after physical death)
Persian
1 entries- بَرزَخ name (intermediate state after physical death)
Polish
3 entries- czyściec name (intermediate state after physical death)
- katusze noun (situation causing suffering)
- męka noun (situation causing suffering)
Portuguese
2 entries- purgatório name (intermediate state after physical death)
- suplício noun (situation causing suffering)
Romanian
1 entries- purgatoriu name (intermediate state after physical death)
Russian
1 entries- чисти́лище name (intermediate state after physical death)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- čistilište name (intermediate state after physical death)
- чистилиште name (intermediate state after physical death)
Slovak
1 entries- očistec name (intermediate state after physical death)
Slovene
1 entries- vice name (intermediate state after physical death)
Spanish
1 entries- purgatorio name (intermediate state after physical death)
Swedish
1 entries- skärselden name (intermediate state after physical death)
Tagalog
1 entries- purgatoryo name (intermediate state after physical death)
Turkish
1 entries- araf name (intermediate state after physical death)
Ukrainian
1 entries- чисти́лище name (intermediate state after physical death)
Vietnamese
1 entries- luyện ngục name (intermediate state after physical death)
Volapük
1 entries- purgator name (intermediate state after physical death)
Welsh
1 entries- purdan name (intermediate state after physical death)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The invention of a purgatory, and of the releasing of souls therefrom, by prayers, bought of the church with money; the selling of pardons, dispensations, and indulgences, are revenue laws, without bearing that name or carrying that appearance.
Source: tatoeba (1530067)
As soon as a coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs.
Source: tatoeba (3951543)
I'm in purgatory.
Source: tatoeba (6588424)
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