purgatorial

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

And doubtless that was one reason for bringing this purgatorial gallery and the indulgence-market into such close proximity. — Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber : $b or, The influence of Romanism on trade, justice, and knowledge, J. A. (James Aitken) Wylie
He himself only regarded it as a necessary, if purgatorial prologue to the paradise of the life of a man of leisure. — The Passionate Elopement, Compton MacKenzie
Life was too solemn a thing with her to admit of thoughtless amusements--it was entirely a state of probation, not to be enjoyed in itself, or for itself, but purgatorial, remedial, and preparatory. — Western Characters; or, Types of Border Life in the Western States, John Ludlum McConnel

purging, purifying

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