purgatorial

adjective

pur·ga·to·ri·al ˌpər-gə-ˈtȯr-ē-əl

: of, relating to, or suggestive of purgatory

: cleansing of sin : expiatory

Examples of purgatorial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Emotional confusion and a quest for escapism colored the contents of the album, which led into the purgatorial concepts of Dawn FM. —

Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024 The Captain’s solitary confinement was, in a sense, a form of purgatorial amnesty that kept him safe under Man’s watch. —

Terry Nguyen, Vulture, 26 May 2024 Celebration turns to silent despondency, as the movie’s rousing highs are replaced by a purgatorial limbo, as though time were standing still. —

Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 9 May 2024 As historian Jacques Le Goff argued in his 1981 book, The Birth of Purgatory, describing purgatorial fires as a theological concept was one thing; defining purgatory as a place was quite another. —

Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for purgatorial

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