LIMBUS


Meaning of LIMBUS in English

noun a border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.

2. limbus ·noun an extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.

3. limbus ·noun hence: any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.

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