Limbus

Definition:

  • (n.) An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.
  • (n.) Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.
  • (n.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.

Compare limbus with other words:

limbous vs. limbus

limbus vs. limous

limbus vs. nimbus

limbate vs. limbus

cornea vs. limbus

anatomical vs. limbus