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1. (n.) limbus
a border, edge, or limb.
Etymology: (1665–75; < NL, L)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) limbus
a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure
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1. (noun) limbus
an extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment
2. (noun) limbus
hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo
3. (noun) limbus
a border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea
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1. limbus
or Limbo, according to Catholic theologians a region on the confines of Hades tenanted, the limbus patrum, by the souls of good men who died before Christ's advent, and the limbus infantium, by the souls of unbaptized infants, both of whom await there the resurrection morn to join the ransomed in heaven.
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