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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

lim•bus¹ n., pl. -bi

Religionlimbo¹.

Medieval Latin; Latin: limbus²
late Middle English 1400–50

lim•bus² n., pl. -bi [Anat., Zool.]

Anatomy, Zoologya border, edge, or limb.

Neo-Latin, Latin
1665–75

'limbus' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

limb - limbic - limbic system - limbo

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