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Limbo

Limbo Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Limbo? [n] (theology) the abode of infants who die before baptism [n] an imaginary place for lost or neglected things [n] the state of being disregarded or forgotten Synonyms \| Synonyms for Limbo: oblivion Related Terms \| Find terms related to Limbo: Abaddon \| avichi \| cage \| coop \| enclosure \| Gehenna \| Hades \| hell \| in abeyance \| infernal regions \| inferno \| jahannan \| lower world \| Naraka \| nether world \| on the shelf \| Pandemonium \| pen \| penfold \| perdition \| pinfold \| place of confinement \| place of torment \| pound \| purgatory \| shades below \| Sheol \| suspended \| the abyss \| the bottomless pit \| the grave \| the pit \| Tophet \| treading water \| underworld See Also \| imaginary place \| obscurity Limbo In Webster's Dictionary \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. 3. (Anat.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.

Limbo Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Limbo?

[n] (theology) the abode of infants who die before baptism
[n] an imaginary place for lost or neglected things
[n] the state of being disregarded or forgotten

Synonyms | Synonyms for Limbo: oblivion

See Also | imaginary place | obscurity

Limbo In Webster's Dictionary

\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.



3. (Anat.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.

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