Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Limbus

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Limbus


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(1):

(n.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.

(2):

(n.) Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.

(3):

(n.) An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.