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limbo

Definition

  • noun: a place where the souls of people who have not been baptized go after death
  • noun: an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism
  • synonyms: prison, forgetfulness, limbus

Examples

  • After graduating from college, he was 'in limbo' for a while, trying to decide what to do next.

  • orphaned children left 'in limbo' in foster homes and institutions

  • do/dance 'the limbo'

Movie quotes

  • (..) and the black wind would blowthem... across the Poison Sea that lay to the west... and over the edge of the world into limbo. Their abiding aim was to conquer England... then a series of petty kingdoms... each one (..)
    1958 The Vikings