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Meaning of depurgatory | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify.

Examples

“Our SAVIOUR, Luke, 16. in the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, describes the former as passing […] directly to the Place of eternal Torments, without mention of the purgatorial Fire; and Lazarus is described as being carried […] directly to Abrahams Bosom, without any mention of those depurgatory' Flames […]”
““It deserves to be borne in mind, that the depurgatory functions ought, in order to preserve health, to be increased during gestation, as the debris of the foetal, as well as the maternal system, have to be eliminated by the organs of the mother. […]””
“Patients who suffered from typical unilateral pulsatile headaches with nausea weren't diagnosed with migraine, but with so-called liver outbursts […] and "treated" with gallbladder depurgatory drugs.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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