- purgatory - a temporary condition of torment or suffering; "a purgatory of drug abuse"
--1 is a kind of situation
- purgatory - (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
--2 is a kind of imaginary place, mythical place
- purgatory - (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins