limbus

1. n. An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment. Source: opted

2. n. Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo. Source: opted

3. n. A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea. Source: opted

4. n. a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure Source: wordnet

5. 1. (Scholastic Theol.) An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment. As far from help as Limbo is from bliss. Shak. A Limbo large and broad, since called The Paradise of fools. Milton. Note: The limbus patrum was considered as a place for the souls of good men who lived before the coming of our Savior. The limbus infantium was said to be a similar place for the souls of unbaptized infants. To these was added, in the popular belief, the limbus fatuorum, or fool's paradise, regarded as a receptacle of all vanity and nonsense. 2. Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo. 3. (Anat.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea. Etym: Jamaican E limba to bend, fr. E. limber (1950)]. Often performed at celebrations, such as weddings. (1950-1996) Source: webster

6. n. a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure Source: ecdict

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