meaning of limbus
1. An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.
2. Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.
3. A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.
4. a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure
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