purging place

Etymology
Originally as a calque or translation of various or  terms.

Noun

 * 1) A place where purging occurs, particularly:
 * 2)  A body part where excess humors are expelled.
 * 3) * c. 1425, translating Guy de Chauliac as The Grande Chirurgie, p. 154:
 * An aposteme gendred in þe purgynge places [sc. 🇨🇬 tribus emunctoriis], þat is to say, of þe brayne vnder þe eres, of þe herte vnder þe arme holes, of þe lyuer in the schares.
 * 1)  A place where the body is purged of waste: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.
 * 2)  The place where the soul is purged of sin: Purgatory.
 * 1)  The place where the soul is purged of sin: Purgatory.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:bathroom

Hypernyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:bathroom