Perdition definition

pər-dĭshən
(archaic) Complete and irreparable loss; ruin.
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In the Christian religion, perdition is defined as a state of eternal punishment you experience after death if you were a sinner who did not repent to God.

An example of perdition is hell.

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Hell.
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Utter ruin.
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The loss of the soul; damnation.
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Loss of the soul; eternal damnation.
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Origin of perdition

  • Middle English perdicion from Old French from Late Latin perditiō perditiōn- from Latin perditus past participle of perdere to lose per- per- dare to give dō- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French perdiciun, from Late Latin perditio, from Latin perdo (“I destroy, I lose").

    From Wiktionary

Perdition Sentence Examples

  • Let no thought of the morrow enter your mind, else you will incur everlasting perdition.

  • The idea of destruction or perdition is thus a secondary meaning of the word, which gradually lost its primary sense of consecration.

  • Capernaum shall go to perdition; Jerusalem shall be a desolate ruin.

  • He resigned himself to watch her drift towards perdition.

  • He main.tained the institutions of the day, though seeking to diminish their abuse, and he perfected material details; but misfortune would have it that instead of remaining a great military administrator he flattered Louis XIV.s megalomania, and thus caused his perdition.

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