Limbo
21limbo — ⇒LIMBA, LIMBO, subst. masc. Bois d Afrique tropicale de la famille des Combrétacées [plantes à fleurs tropicales] utilisé dans la fabrication du contre plaqué. Limbo blanc, noir. D autres essences et qualités ont également trouvé un débouché par… …
22limbo — English has two distinct and probably unrelated words limbo. By far the older is the theological limbo [14], referring originally to that condition in which the souls of the dead exist that are neither in heaven nor in hell. It comes from Latin… …
23limbo — English has two distinct and probably unrelated words limbo. By far the older is the theological limbo [14], referring originally to that condition in which the souls of the dead exist that are neither in heaven nor in hell. It comes from Latin… …
24limbo — lim|bo [ˈlımbəu US bou] n [Sense: 1; Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: Latin limbus border ] [Sense: 2; Date: 1900 2000; Origin: LIMBER2] 1.) [singular, U] a situation in which nothing happens or changes for a long period of time, and it …
25limbo — n 1. limbus, abode of the dead, limbo of infants, limbo of unbaptized infants, abode of the righteous dead, limbo of the fathers, limbo of the patriarchs; Lethe, land of the lotus eaters, place of oblivion, nirvana. 2. confinement, imprisonment,… …
26Limbo — Limbotänzer in London Der Limbo ist ein Tanz, der seinen Ursprung auf den Westindischen Inseln hat. Er wurde traditionell eine Woche nach einem Begräbnis getanzt. Eine Worterklärung geht vom jamaikanischen Englisch aus: limbo für Englisch limber… …
27limbo — n. in limbo (in political limbo) * * * [ lɪmbəʊ] in limbo (in political limbo) …
28limbo — s m I. 1 Para los católicos, lugar al que van las almas de los niños, y de los adultos sin uso de razón, que mueren sin haber sido bautizados 2 (Relig) Para el cristianismo, lugar y estado de reposo en que quedaron detenidas las almas de los… …
29limbo — lim|bo [ lımbou ] noun singular or uncount 1. ) in the Roman Catholic religion, the place between heaven and HELL where some people who are not Christians go when they die 2. ) the limbo a dance from the Caribbean in which people bend backward… …
30limbo — {{11}}limbo (n.1) region supposed to exist on the border of Hell reserved for pre Christian saints (Limbus patrum) and unbaptized infants (Limbus infantum); c.1300, from L. limbo, ablative of limbus edge, border (see LIMB (Cf. limb) (2)). It… …
