Word: limbos
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: lim
bos
Definition: Plural of limbo; in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)
Morphemes:
Affix: limbo
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, notably those of the saints who died before the advent of Christ (limbus patruum) and those of unbaptized but innocent children (limbus infantum).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: limbus
Language: la
Decoded: limbus
Meaning: border
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).