All 8 Uses
purgatory
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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- For the rest of her days, his mother had a mass said once a month for the repose of his soul which she knew wandered about in Purgatory.†
Chpt 8 *
- When she dies, her soul will wander through Purgatory through all eternity.†
Chpt 11
- Maybe after a while she'll get out of Purgatory because even if they say she is bad, she is good to all the people in the world who are lucky enough to run across her.†
Chpt 11
- She thought of what the priest said about Purgatory and figured it must be like the airshaft bottom only on a larger scale.†
Chpt 15
- Adopting the phraseology of the neighborhood, he referred to his Brooklyn internship as going through Purgatory, when he wrote to his socially prominent fiancee in Boston.†
Chpt 18
- That afternoon she wrote a story about a little girl who wanted a doll so much that she was willing to give over her immortal soul to Purgatory for eternity if she could have the doll.†
Chpt 27
- Francie began the prayer for the souls in Purgatory.†
Chpt 45
- Good Jesus, Whose loving heart was ever troubled by the sorrows of others, look with pity on the soul of our dear one in Purgatory.†
Chpt 45
Definitions:
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(1)
(purgatory) a place or state of temporary suffering while waiting
or in Roman Catholic theology: the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited suffering to pay for their sins - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)