purgatorn.

Brit.

/pəˈɡeɪtə/, U.S.

/pərˈɡeɪdər/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pūrgātor.

Etymology: < classical Latin pūrgātor cleanser, purifier, in post-classical Latin also compurgator, witness (c1320, 1419, 1684 in British sources) < pūrgāt- , past participial stem of pūrgāre purge v.¹ + -or -or suffix. Compare earlier purger n., and also expurgator n.

Originally: †a person who or thing which purges or purifies; cf. purger n. 1; (obsolete). In later use: an expurgator of books; = purger n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun] > moral purification > one who

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1548 T. Becon Solace of Soule sig. C.ii That vnfained purgatory and that true purgyng fyre [Margin] The true Purgator.

1642 H. Parker Observ. His Majesties Late Answers 43 The major part of the Houses can neither plead absence or dissent; and those which can, must not be their own purgators.

1707 G. Hickes Two Treat. i. ii. 100 He..is our great Purgator in the primary, and most principal sense of the Word.

1791 C. Hamilton tr. Hedàya II. i. 675 Lawyers have observed, also, that in the purgation of witnesses to whoredom four purgators are necessary, according to Mohammed.

1933 K. Malone Deor 15 He conceded the possibility that ‘ll. 31–34 may be a later insertion, made to give the whole a religious turn’, but evidently had his doubts about yielding even these lines to the purgator.

1991 Toronto Star (Nexis) 19 June a21 Just as worrisome will be all that gets left out, or censored, withdrawn from the shelves, or cleaned up by the purgators.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	purgator
释义	purgatorn. Brit. /pəˈɡeɪtə/, U.S. /pərˈɡeɪdər/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pūrgātor. Etymology: < classical Latin pūrgātor cleanser, purifier, in post-classical Latin also compurgator, witness (c1320, 1419, 1684 in British sources) < pūrgāt- , past participial stem of pūrgāre purge v.¹ + -or -or suffix. Compare earlier purger n., and also expurgator n. Originally: †a person who or thing which purges or purifies; cf. purger n. 1; (obsolete). In later use: an expurgator of books; = purger n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun] > moral purification > one who purgator1548 purifier1548 1548 T. Becon Solace of Soule sig. C.ii That vnfained purgatory and that true purgyng fyre [Margin] The true Purgator. 1642 H. Parker Observ. His Majesties Late Answers 43 The major part of the Houses can neither plead absence or dissent; and those which can, must not be their own purgators. 1707 G. Hickes Two Treat. i. ii. 100 He..is our great Purgator in the primary, and most principal sense of the Word. 1791 C. Hamilton tr. Hedàya II. i. 675 Lawyers have observed, also, that in the purgation of witnesses to whoredom four purgators are necessary, according to Mohammed. 1933 K. Malone Deor 15 He conceded the possibility that ‘ll. 31–34 may be a later insertion, made to give the whole a religious turn’, but evidently had his doubts about yielding even these lines to the purgator. 1991 Toronto Star (Nexis) 19 June a21 Just as worrisome will be all that gets left out, or censored, withdrawn from the shelves, or cleaned up by the purgators. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548
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