purgatorial

1. 1.

   serving to purge or rid of sin

   “purgatorial rites”

   Synonymspurgingpurifying
2. 2.

   of or resembling purgatory

   “purgatorial fires”

Questions about purgatorial

What does purgatorial mean?

purgatorial means "serving to purge or rid of sin". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in purgatorial?

purgatorial has 5 syllables: pur-ga-to-ri-al. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for purgatorial?

Close synonyms include purging, purifying. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.