Check these definitions.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/purgatory?qsrc=2888
Is it called purgatory when you're in between life and heaven/hell? Thanks.
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MMMmmm...Kinda. It's the place you go to before Heaven and that is where your are cleansed or purged from the sins that you committed during your lifetime. That is why the priests come to say the last rites, to confess your sin so you won't have to spend as much time in purgatory, instead of a lifetime of sin that you have to pay for, only a couple min or hours of sin.
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