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Limbo - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Limbo : (noun)
1: the state of being disregarded or forgotten [syn: oblivion]
2: an imaginary place for lost or neglected things
3: (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but
innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous
individuals)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Limbo : \Lim"bo\ (l[i^]m"b[-o]), Limbus \Lim"bus\ (-b[u^]s), n.
[L. limbus border, edge, in limbo on the border. Cf. Limb
border.]
1. (Scholastic Theol.) An extramundane region where certain
classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.
As far from help as Limbo is from bliss. --Shak.
A Limbo large and broad, since called The Paradise
of fools. --Milton.
Note: The limbus patrum was considered as a place for the
souls of good men who lived before the coming of our
Savior. The limbus infantium was said to be a similar
place for the souls of unbaptized infants. To these was
added, in the popular belief, the limbus fatuorum, or
fool's paradise, regarded as a receptacle of all vanity
and nonsense.
2. Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or
confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Limbo |
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