LIMBO

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Meaning:

(theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("limbo" is a kind of...):

fictitious place; imaginary place; mythical place (a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings)

Domain category:

divinity; theology (the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth)

Meaning:

An imaginary place for lost or neglected things

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("limbo" is a kind of...):

fictitious place; imaginary place; mythical place (a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings)

Meaning:

The state of being disregarded or forgotten

Synonyms:

limbo; oblivion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("limbo" is a kind of...):

obscurity (an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known)