purgatorian

(ˌpɜːɡəˈtɔːrɪən)

1. a person who believes in purgatory

2. obsolete a person in purgatory

adj

relating to purgatory

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More accessible and more original is Srigley's application of "purgatorian visions" to the story "Revelation," though she acknowledges a debt to Ralph Wood whose view she develops fully by relying on St.