LIMBO
\lˈɪmbə͡ʊ], \lˈɪmbəʊ], \l_ˈɪ_m_b_əʊ]\
Definitions of LIMBO
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- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
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- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(theology) the abode of infants who die before baptism
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an imaginary place for lost or neglected things
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an imaginary place for lost or neglected things
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(theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)
By Princeton University
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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In the Rom. Cath. theology, a place of waiting in the world beyond for the souls of such as, though not disqualified, are not properly qualified for Heaven; Ariosto makes it the place of all lost things; Milton the paradise of fools; and Shakespeare, hell itself; a place of restraint.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The frontier or border of hell where there is neither pleasure nor pain; the place in hell said to be appropriated to those who are stained with original sin only, or for the souls of unbaptised infants; a place of restraint; in limbo, in prison; under restraint.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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