辺へん獄ごく

noun

limbo

A theological term referring to the abode of souls excluded from heaven but not condemned to hell, especially unbaptized infants and righteous people who died before Christ. Used in Christian contexts.

• カトリック神しん学がくでは、洗せん礼れいを受うけずに亡なくなった幼よう児じは辺へん獄ごくに行いくとされていた。

  In Catholic theology, it was held that infants who died without baptism went to limbo.