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perdition

[ per-dish-uhn ]

noun

  1. a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
  2. the future state of the wicked.
  3. utter destruction or ruin.
  4. Obsolete. loss.


perdition

/ pəˈdɪʃən /

noun

  1. Christianity
    1. final and irrevocable spiritual ruin
    2. this state as one that the wicked are said to be destined to endure for ever
  2. another word for hell
  3. archaic.
    utter disaster, ruin, or destruction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of perdition1

First recorded in 1300–50; from Latin perditiōn-, stem of perditiō “destruction,” from perdit(us) “lost” (past participle of perdere “to do in, ruin, lose,” from per- per- + -dere, combining form of dare “to give”) + -iō -ion; replacing Middle English perdiciun, from Old French, from Latin, as above
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Word History and Origins

Origin of perdition1

C14: from Late Latin perditiō ruin, from Latin perdere to lose, from per- (away) + dāre to give
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Example Sentences

If “any congregation of men could merit eternal perdition on earth and in hell,” it is the “Company of Loyola.”

Fear that somehow, despite her freedom, she will have to repeat what seemed like endless perdition.

I have no merit; I were justly sent to perdition for my sins; I lie here, perhaps dying.

But then an infinite number of others are destined to perdition, and receive not the grace necessary to eternal salvation.

At that time some of it was Mexican, and more of it was Chinese, and some of it wasn't connected with anything but perdition.

Till that instant the idea of a temptation of the evil one, of the possibility of perdition, had never entered my head.

You sent me to Australia to do a certain thing, and you would have flung me to perdition if I had stuck at anything to do it.

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