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: чысьце́ц m (čysʹcjéc)
Bulgarian: чисти́лище n (čistílište)
Catalan: purgatori m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 煉獄／炼狱 (zh) (liànyù)
Czech: očistec (cs) m
Danish: skærsild c
Dutch: vagevuur (nl), purgatorium (nl) n
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
Indonesian: api penyucian, purgatorium
Irish: purgadóir m
Italian: purgatorio (it) m
Japanese: 煉獄 (ja) (れんごく, rengoku)
Korean: 연옥(煉獄) (yeonok)
Lithuanian: skaistykla
Macedonian: чистилиште n (čistilište)
Middle English: purgatorie
Norwegian: skjærsilden, purgatoriet
Occitan: purgatòri (oc) m
Polish: czyściec (pl) m
Portuguese: purgatório (pt) m
Romanian: purgatoriu (ro) n
Russian: чисти́лище (ru) n (čistílišče)
Serbo-Croatian: чистилиште n, čistilište (sh) n
Slovak: očistec m
Slovene: vice (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: cysć m
Spanish: purgatorio (es) m
Swedish: skärselden (sv)
Tagalog: purgatoryo
Turkish: araf (tr)
Ukrainian: чисти́лище n (čystýlyšče)
Volapük: purgator (vo)
Welsh: purdan (cy) m

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