depurgatory

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify.
    — 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 […]

词形变化

more depurgatory comparative most depurgatory superlative

词源

From Latin dēpurgō (“to cleanse, purify”) + -atory.
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