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Translate purgatory from English to French

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purgatory:
- purgatoire
Wiktionary:
- purgatory → purgatoire
- purgatory → purgatoire

English

Detailed Translations for purgatory from English to French

purgatory:

purgatory [the ~] nomen

the purgatory (hell-fire)
le purgatoire
- purgatoire [le ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for purgatory:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
purgatoire	hell-fire; purgatory
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	ordeal

Related Words for "purgatory":

purgatories

Synonyms for "purgatory":

situation
imaginary place; mythical place; fictitious place

Related Definitions for "purgatory":

(theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins¹
a temporary condition of torment or suffering¹
- a purgatory of drug abuse¹

Wiktionary Translations for purgatory:

purgatory

noun

stage of the afterlife in Catholic theology
- purgatory → purgatoire

purgatory

noun

(religion) lieu où, selon la doctrine catholique, les âmes de ceux qui mourir en état de grâce vont expier les péchés dont ils n’ont pas fait une pénitence suffisante en ce monde.
- purgatoire → purgatory

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• purgatory	→ purgatoire	↔ vagevuur — een plaats waar de zielen van gestorven personen gereinigd worden.
• purgatory	→ purgatoire	↔ Fegefeuer — Religion: nach der römisch-katholischen Lehre ein Prozess der Läuterung, in dem die Seele eines Verstorbenen auf den Himmel vorbereitet wird

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