LIMBO
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{ Lim"bo (lĭm"b&ouptack_;), Lim"bus (lĭm"bŭs), } n. [L. limbus border, edge in limbo on the border. Cf. Limb border.] 1. (Scholastic Theol.) An spiritual region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the last judgment.
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As far from help as Limbo is from bliss.
Shak.
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A Limbo large and broad, since called
The Paradise of fools.
Milton.
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&hand_; The limbus patrum was considered as a place for the souls of good men who lived before the coming of our Savior. The limbus infantium was said to be a similar place for the souls of unbaptized infants. To these was added, in the popular belief, the limbus fatuorum, or fool's paradise, regarded as a receptacle of all vanity and nonsense.
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2. Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.
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3. Hence: 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.
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4. (Anat.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.
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Lim"bo (lĭm"b&ouptack_;), n. [Jamaican E. limba to bend, fr. E. limber (1950) MW10] 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.
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