purging place noun4 •A place where purging occurs •(no longer used) A body part where excess humors are expelled. •(no longer used) A place where the body is purged of waste: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.He buylt in all streetes in Rome publique purging places [sc. Spanish latrinas publicas]. — 1577 •(no longer used) The place where the soul is purged of sin: Purgatory.Is this, said I, the Papists purging place? — 1603 formspurging places