depurgatory

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.”

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