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How to pronounce “limbo”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of limbo with real speech in context.
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- Inception and Philosophy
Like, whenever he is, when he and Mal are laying on the train track in Limbo, the first
- Definition summary
- (Roman Catholicism, uncountable) A speculation, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the possible place where each category of souls might exist, regarded separately. [from 15th c.]
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How to pronounce limbo
Inception and Philosophy
Like, whenever he is, when he and Mal are laying on the train track in Limbo, the first
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “limbo”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (Roman Catholicism, uncountable) A speculation, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the possible place where each category of souls might exist, regarded separately. [from 15th c.]
- (by extension)
- (countable, military, nautical, weaponry) A type of antisubmarine mortar installed on naval vessels.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, rare) To place (someone or something) in an in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status.
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