Limbo vs. Afterlife

Limbonoun

(Roman Catholic theology, since circa 400 A.D.) The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, notably those of the saints who died before the advent of Christ (limbus patruum) and those of unbaptized but innocent children (limbus infantum).

Afterlifenoun

Life after death.

‘Many religious people believe in an afterlife.’;

Limbonoun

(by extension, since the 16th century) Any in-between place, state or condition of neglect or oblivion which results in an unresolved status, delay or deadlock.

‘My application has been stuck in bureaucratic limbo for two weeks.’;

Afterlifenoun

The place believed to be inhabited by deceased people.

Limbonoun

A dance played by taking turns crossing under a horizontal bar or stick. The stick is lowered with each round, and the game is won by the player who passes under the bar in the lowest position.

Afterlifenoun

life after death

Limboverb

To dance in this way.

Afterlife

The afterlife (also referred to as life after death or the world to come) is an existence in which the essential part of an individual's identity or their stream of consciousness continues to live after the death of their physical body. According to various ideas about the afterlife, the essential aspect of the individual that lives on after death may be some partial element, or the entire soul or spirit, of an individual, which carries with it and may confer personal identity or, on the contrary nirvana.

Limbonoun

An spiritual region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the last judgment.

‘As far from help as Limbo is from bliss.’; ‘A Limbo large and broad, since calledThe Paradise of fools.’;

Limbonoun

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

Limbonoun

A state of waiting, or uncertainty, in which final judgment concerning the outcome of a decision is postponed, perhaps indefinitely; neglect for an indefinite time; as, the proposal was left in limbo while opponents and proponents refused to compromise.

Limbonoun

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

Limbonoun

A West Indian dance contest, in which participants must dance under a pole which is lowered successively until only one participant can successfully pass under, without falling. It is often performed at celebrations, such as weddings.

Limbonoun

the state of being disregarded or forgotten

Limbonoun

an imaginary place for lost or neglected things

Limbonoun

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

Limbo

In Catholic theology, Limbo (Latin limbus, edge or boundary, referring to the edge of Hell) is the viewpoint concerning the afterlife condition of those who die in original sin without being assigned to the Hell of the Damned. Medieval theologians of Western Europe described the underworld (, , ) as divided into four distinct parts: Hell of the Damned, Purgatory, Limbo of the Fathers or Patriarchs, and Limbo of the Infants.

‘hell’; ‘hades’; ‘infernum’;