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Tartarus

Tartarus Meaning & Definition
Tartarus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tartarus?

[n] a place where the wicked are punished after death

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tartarus: Gehenna

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See Also | Hell | infernal region | Inferno | nether region | perdition | the pit

Tartarus In Webster's Dictionary

\Tar"ta*rus\, n. [L., from Gr. ?.] (Class. Myth.) The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general.

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