purgatorial

[ pur-guh-tawr-ee-uh l, -tohr- ]

/ ˌpɜr gəˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr- /

removing or purging sin; expiatory: purgatorial rites.

of, relating to, or like purgatory.

Origin of purgatorial

First recorded in 1490–1500; purgatory + -al¹

non·pur·ga·to·ri·al, adjective

All this vexation makes a cold and headache doubly intolerable, and I am in a most purgatorial state on this "good Sunday."

George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3) |George Eliot
The subsequent restoration of Israel shows that the fires to which the elegist here calls our attention were purgatorial.

Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon |Walter Adeney
Shall we invest with like purgatorial powers the flaming swords that barred the way to Paradise?

Nature Mysticism |J. Edward Mercer
Purgatorial pains—unless indeed they should prove eternal—are insufficient punishment for the impious man who invented Allegory.

Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) |John Wilson

"Twenty years is a long time to remain away from the one you say you love," she declared, with a purgatorial touch.

Strictly Business |O. Henry

purgatorial

/ (ˌpɜːɡəˈtɔːrɪəl) /

serving to purify from sin

of, relating to, or like purgatory

purgatorially, adverb