purging place

noun

Etymology

Originally as a calque or translation of various Latin or Spanish terms.

Definitions

  1. A place where purging occurs

    • An aposteme gendred in þe purgynge places [sc. Latin tribus emunctoriis], þat is to say, of þe brayne vnder þe eres, of þe herte vnder þe arme holes, of þe lyuer in the schares.

The neighborhood

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