Etymology

depurgatory

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Today it means: Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify. Full definition →

Latin dēpurgō
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  1. Latin · derived fromdēpurgō“to cleanse, purify”
  2. English todaydepurgatory

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

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