Purgatory has 4 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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1. | Marriage, in peace, is this world's paradise; in strife, this life's purgatory. | |
2. | The invention of a purgatory, and of the releasing of souls therefrom, by prayers, bought of the church with money; the selling of pardons, dispensations, and indulgences, are revenue laws, without bearing that name or carrying that appearance. | |
3. | As soon as a coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs. | |
4. | I'm in purgatory. |