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Purgatorial is an English word with synonyms like purging or purifying. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Purgatorial in a sentence

Purgatorial meaning

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling purgatory.
  2. That purifies by removing sin; expiatory.

Synonyms of Purgatorial

purging purifying clearing imaginary place mythical place fictitious place

Related words

Other words often associated with Purgatorial or its synonyms:

imagination vision cleansing glade freeing purgation parcel cleaning improvement purge release cleanup

Using Purgatorial

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of, pertaining to, or resembling purgatory. | That purifies by removing sin; expiatory.
  • Useful related words include: purging, purifying, clearing, imaginary place.

Context around Purgatorial

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 41 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

feeling 1× fires 1×

Sentence patterns with Purgatorial

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and that purgatorial fires of 1× on a purgatorial feeling with 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

augustine taught that 1× combined with trump 1×

Common sentence endings:

a job soon 1× with the church 1×

Words around Purgatorial

Just before it in the word index:

purgative 2 purgation 5 purga 2 purfling 10 purfleet 8 purfield 2

Just after it in the word index:

purgatorio 3 purgatory 103 purge 279 purged 97 purges 56 purging 81

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadvantage 4 aafa 4

Corpus analysis for Purgatorial

  • In this selection, "purgatorial" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 41 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, feeling and fires stand out and add context to how "purgatorial" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and that purgatorial fires of and on a purgatorial feeling with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "purgatorial" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with purgatorial

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Augustine taught that the eternal fate of the soul is determined at death, citation Augustine of Hippo, Enchiridion, 110 and that purgatorial fires of the intermediate state purify only those that died in communion with the Church. (37 words)

Combined with Trump’s light schedule — he went for almost a week without an official event — the building has taken on a purgatorial feeling, with staffers caught between a President refusing to accept loss and the reality they will be out of a job soon. (45 words)

Longer example sentences

Combined with Trump’s light schedule — he went for almost a week without an official event — the building has taken on a purgatorial feeling, with staffers caught between a President refusing to accept loss and the reality they will be out of a job soon. (45 words)

Augustine taught that the eternal fate of the soul is determined at death, citation Augustine of Hippo, Enchiridion, 110 and that purgatorial fires of the intermediate state purify only those that died in communion with the Church. (37 words)

Example sentences (2)

Combined with Trump’s light schedule — he went for almost a week without an official event — the building has taken on a purgatorial feeling, with staffers caught between a President refusing to accept loss and the reality they will be out of a job soon.

Augustine taught that the eternal fate of the soul is determined at death, citation Augustine of Hippo, Enchiridion, 110 and that purgatorial fires of the intermediate state purify only those that died in communion with the Church.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "purgatorial" in a sentence?
An example: "Combined with Trump’s light schedule — he went for almost a week without an official event — the building has taken on a purgatorial feeling, with staffers caught between a President refusing to accept loss and the reality they will be out of a job soon." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "purgatorial" from authentic English texts.
What does "purgatorial" mean?
Purgatorial means: Of, pertaining to, or resembling purgatory.
What are synonyms of "purgatorial"?
Common synonyms of "purgatorial" include: purging, purifying, clearing, imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place.
How many example sentences with "purgatorial" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "purgatorial", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.