purging place

plural purging places

1. A place where purging occurs
   1. obsoletepremodern medicineA body part where excess humors are expelled.

      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.

      c. 1425, translating Guy de Chauliac as The Grande Chirurgie, p. 154

   2. obsoleteA place where the body is purged of waste: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.

      He buylt in all streetes in Rome publique purging places [sc. Spanish latrinas publicas].

      1577, Antonio de Guevara, translated by Edward Hellowes, Chronicles, page 29

      Synonyms: bathroom

   3. archaicChristianityThe place where the soul is purged of sin: Purgatory.

      Is this, said I, the Papists purging place?

      1603, Elizabeth Melville, Ane Godlie Dreame, l. 262