limbos

noun

(theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)

an imaginary place for lost or neglected things

the state of being disregarded or forgotten

Roots

limbuslimbo- · Latin · edge, border

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