Synonyms & related words for purgatories

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Words related to purgatories

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Where does purgatories come from?

The word purgatories breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and English origin: purga, from Latin purgare (“to cleanse, purify”); -tor, from Latin -torius (“pertaining to (place of cleansing)”); and -ies, from English -es (“plural”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.