Usually means: Christ's descent to liberate souls.
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  1. Harrowing of Hell: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. harrowing of hell: Wiktionary
  3. Harrowing of Hell (drama), Harrowing of Hell, Harrowing of hell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Harrowing of Hell: Catholic Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (Harrowing of Hell)

noun:  (mythology, theology) A raid into the underworld by a heroic figure.
noun:  (Christianity, theology, chiefly dated or historical) Christ's freeing from the underworld of those souls of the dead who merited entry to Heaven.

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