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Perdition

Perdition Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Perdition? [n] (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Perdition: Hell \| infernal region \| Inferno \| nether region \| the pit Related Terms \| Find terms related to Perdition: Abaddon \| abyss \| avichi \| bereavement \| bloodbath \| blue ruin \| breakup \| carnage \| condemnation \| consumption \| cost \| damage \| damnation \| dead loss \| debit \| decimation \| denial \| denudation \| depredation \| deprivation \| desolation \| despoilment \| despoliation \| destruction \| detriment \| devastation \| disintegration \| disorganization \| dispossession \| disruption \| dissolution \| divestment \| doom \| downfall \| expense \| forfeit \| forfeiture \| Gehenna \| Hades \| havoc \| hecatomb \| hell \| holocaust \| infernal regions \| inferno \| injury \| jahannan \| limbo \| loser \| losing \| losing streak \| loss \| lower world \| Naraka \| nether world \| netherworld \| Pandemonium \| pit \| place of torment \| privation \| purgatory \| ravage \| robbery \| ruin \| ruination \| sacrifice \| shades below \| shambles \| Sheol \| slaughter \| spoliation \| stripping \| taking away \| the abyss \| the bottomless pit \| the grave \| the pit \| Tophet \| total loss \| underworld \| undoing \| vandalism \| waste \| wrack \| wrack and ruin \| wreck See Also \| Gehenna \| hellfire \| imaginary place \| red region \| Tartarus Perdition In Webster's Dictionary \Per*di"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. perditio, fr. perdere, perditum, to ruin, to lose; per (cf. Skr. par[=a] away) + -dere (only in comp.) to put; akin to Gr. ?, E. do. See {Do}.] 1. Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; esp., the utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death. The mere perdition of the Turkish fleet. --Shak. If we reject the truth, we seal our own perdition. --J. M. Mason. 2. Loss of diminution. [Obs.] --Shak.

Perdition Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Perdition?

[n] (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"

Perdition In Webster's Dictionary

\Per*di"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. perditio, fr. perdere,
perditum, to ruin, to lose; per (cf. Skr. par[=a] away) +
-dere (only in comp.) to put; akin to Gr. ?, E. do. See
{Do}.]
1. Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; esp., the utter loss
   of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state;
   future misery or eternal death.

         The mere perdition of the Turkish fleet. --Shak.

         If we reject the truth, we seal our own perdition.
                                               --J. M. Mason.

2. Loss of diminution. [Obs.] --Shak.

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