What is "limbus"

Limbo \Lim"bo\ (l[i^]m"b[-o]), Limbus \Lim"bus\ (l[i^]m"b[u^]s), n. [L. limbus border, edge in limbo on the border. Cf. Limb border.]

1. (Scholastic Theol.) An spiritual region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the last 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. Hence: A state of waiting, or uncertainty, in which final judgment concerning the outcome of a decision is postponed, perhaps indefinitely; neglect for an indefinite time; as, the proposal was left in limbo while opponents and proponents refused to compromise.

4. (Anat.) A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.

Latin, literally "edge, border" (see limb (n.2)). In Medieval Latin, "region on the border of Hell," and thus sometimes used in English for limbo (n.1).

n. (context medicine biology English) A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.

1. n. a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure

2. [also: limbi (pl)]

Limbuš is a village on the right bank of the Drava River west of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Maribor.

The local parish church is dedicated to Saint James and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It has a Gothic nave dating to the 15th century, a 16th-century belfry, 17th-century chapels, and a sanctuary with 17th- and 18th-century internal furnishings. There is a walled cemetery around the church.