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noun
A place where purging occurs
A body part where excess humors are expelled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Qualifier: premodern medicine
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noun
A place where purging occurs
A place where the body is purged of waste: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A place where purging occurs
The place where the soul is purged of sin: Purgatory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: Christianity
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History
Originally as a calque or translation of various Latin or Spanish terms.
