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Definition purgatory in American English

purgatory noun

[uncountable] noun
/ˈpɜrɡəˌtɔri/
1

the place where Roman Catholics believe people suffer after they die for the wrong things that they have done before they can go to heaven

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Cooking was always purgatory for her mother.

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Definition purgatory in American English