Limbo
['lɪmbəʊ] or ['lɪmbo]
Definition
(noun.) (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals).
(noun.) an imaginary place for lost or neglected things.
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Definition
(n.) Alt. of Limbus
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Hell, limbus, infernal regions, shades below.
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Definition
n. an indefinite region in the intermediate state the abode of those who have had no opportunity to accept Christ of the souls of the pious who died before the time of Christ and of the souls of unbaptised infants: a place of confinement or where things are thrown aside.—Also Lim′bus.
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Examples
- But they left it in limbo, they reverenced it, and they passed by. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Nationalism as a God must follow the tribal gods to limbo. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That remains as a residue of wisdom long after his reasoning and his concrete program have passed into limbo. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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