purging place

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A place where purging occurs; A body part where excess humors are expelled. obsolete
    — An aposteme gendred in þe purgynge places [sc. Latin tribus emunctoriis], þat is to say, of þe brayne vnder þe eres, of þe herte vnder þe arme holes, of þe lyuer in the schares.
  2. A place where purging occurs; A place where the body is purged of waste: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory. obsolete
    — He buylt in all streetes in Rome publique purging places [sc. Spanish latrinas publicas].
  3. A place where purging occurs; The place where the soul is purged of sin: Purgatory. archaic
    — Is this, said I, the Papists purging place?

词形变化

purging places plural

词汇关系

上位词
place

词源

Originally as a calque or translation of various Latin or Spanish terms.
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