Purgatory

See also: purgatory

English

Purgatory

(Christianity) An intermediate state after death in which some of those ultimately destined for Heaven must first undergo purification prior to entering Heaven.

intermediate state after physical death

Albanian: purgator (sq) m
Arabic: مَطْهَر‎ m (maṭhar)
Armenian: քավարան (hy) (kʿavaran)
Basque: garbitoki
Belarusian: чысьцец m (čys'cec)
Bulgarian: чистилище n (čistílište)
Catalan: purgatori m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 煉獄 (zh), 炼狱 (zh) (liànyù)
Czech: očistec (cs) m
Danish: skærsild c
Dutch: vagevuur (nl)
Esperanto: purgatorio
Estonian: puhastustuli, purgatoorium
Finnish: kiirastuli (fi)
French: purgatoire (fr)
Galician: purgatorio (gl) m
German: Fegefeuer (de) n, Fegfeuer n, (rare) Purgatorium (de)
Alemannic German: Fëgfüür
Greek: καθαρτήριο (el) (kathartírio)
Hebrew: כור המצרף‎
Hungarian: purgatórium (hu), tisztítótűz (hu)
Icelandic: hreinsunareldur m

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