Middle English Dictionary Entry
purgā̆tōrī(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | purgā̆tōrī(e adj. |
| Etymology | From noun; also cp. OF purgatoire adj. & L purgātōrius. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Purgatorial, expiatory, cleansing from sin; ~ fir; ~ peine, ~ pine, peine ~, purgatorial suffering endured by souls after death in preparation for heaven or paradise; ~ prisoun, prisoun ~, the place or condition of souls undergoing temporal punishment for sin.
Associated quotations
- c1390(?a1300) Stations Rome(1) (Vrn)412 : Ȝif þow be þere al þe ȝer..Þenne hastou of crist pouweer A soule to draw from purgatori fer.
- a1400(?c1300) LFMass Bk.(Roy 17.B.17)472 : Til alle in purgatory pyne [vr. þat in purgatori haue payne] Þis messe be mede & medicyne.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.390 : Thei shul be clensed clereliche & wasshen of her synnes In my prisoun purgatorie til parce it hote.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)222 : Of þi punyschyngis, lord god, summe ben purgatorie and satisfactorie for synnys and summe not so ben.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Mary Oign.(Dc 114)148/18 : She gat graunt of god..at she shulde passe to paradys wiþ-outen purgatory peyne.
- a1500(1413) ?Hoccl.Poems PS (Eg 615)p.xxxv/27 : Þat ye haue mysdon, it is amended Be sustenaunce of purgatory peyne.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Spencer 19)2.9.44b : The ministres..assignen hem a parcel [of penance] to fulfille in erthe, referynge the remenaunt in to peyne purgatorie.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)33/11 : Now þy labour is fruytful, þi weping acceptable..þi sorowe is satisfactory and purgatory [L purgativus].
- a1500 Stations Rome(1) (Lamb 306)162/535 : Who-so wole..go eche Daye to seynt lawrence mynstyr, he may there delyuer with orysone A sowle owte of purgatory presone.