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pərˈdɪʃ ənperdi·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pitnoun
(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"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson
GCIDE
Perditionnoun
Hell; hades; as, on the path to perdition.
Wiktionary
perditionnoun
eternal damnation
perditionnoun
hell
perditionnoun
absolute ruin
Etymology: From perdiciun, from perditio, from perdo
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Perditionnoun
Etymology: perditio, Lat. perdition, Fr.
Upon tidings now arrived, importing the meer perdition of the Turkish fleet, every man puts himself in triumph. William Shakespeare.
We took ourselves for free men, seeing there was no danger of our utter perdition, and lived most joyfully; going abroad, and seeing what was to be seen. Francis Bacon.
Quick let us part! Perdition ’s in thy presence,
And horror dwells about thee! Joseph Addison, Cato.There’s no soul lost,
Nay not so much perdition as an hair
Betid to any creature in the vessel
Thou saw’st sink. William Shakespeare, Tempest.As life and death, mercy and wrath, are matters of knowledge, all men’s salvation and some men’s endless perdition are things so opposite, that whoever doth affirm the one, must necessarily deny the other. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 49.
Men once fallen away from undoubted truth, do after wander for ever more in vices unknown, and daily travel towards their eternal perdition. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.
Webster Dictionary
Perditionnoun
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
Perditionnoun
loss of diminution
Etymology: [F., fr. L. perditio, fr. perdere, perditum, to ruin, to lose; per (cf. Skr. par away) + -dere (only in comp.) to put; akin to Gr. tiqe`nai, E. do. See Do.]
Wikidata
Perdition
Perdition is a 1987 stage play by Jim Allen. It deals with a libel action in Israel a few years after the Second World War, which looks into alleged collaboration during the War between the leadership of the Zionist movement in Hungary and the Nazis. It led to some controversy when a production directed by Ken Loach for the Royal Court Theatre in London was cancelled in January 1987 only thirty-six before the first performance. More recently, the actor Tam Dean Burn has been involved in organising readings. It was performed at the Gate Theatre in London in 1999. Perfidy, by Ben Hecht, also covered the Kastner trial, and is from where the play drew its title.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Perdition
per-dish′un, n. utter loss or ruin: the utter loss of happiness in a future state.—n. Per′dita, a lost woman.—adj. Perdi′tionable. [Fr.,—L. perditio—perdĕre, perditum—per, entirely, dăre, to put.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Perdition in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Perdition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Perdition in a Sentence
Excellent wretch Perdition catch my soul, But I do love thee and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again.
If you can impress any man with an absorbing conviction of the supreme importance of some moral or religious doctrine if you can make him believe that those who reject that doctrine are doomed to eternal perdition if you then give that man power, and by means of his ignorance blind him to the ulterior consequences of his own act,-he will infallibly persecute those who deny his doctrine.
Faith in tomorrow, instead of Christ, is Satan's nurse for man's perdition.
William Shakespeare, "Othello", Act 3 scene 3:
Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul,But I do love thee! and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again.
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- هلاكArabic
- адBulgarian
- zatraceníCzech
- fordømmelse, evig, undergangDanish
- Verdammnis, H, ewigeGerman
- όλεθροςGreek
- perdiciónSpanish
- دوزخ, دمار, نفرین ابدی, نابودیPersian
- helvetti, kadotus, tuhoFinnish
- perditionFrench
- glötunIcelandic
- אֲבַדוֹןHebrew
- 劫罰, 地獄, 衰滅Japanese
- nerakaMalay
- verdoemenis, hel, verderf, eeuwigeDutch
- fortapelseNorwegian
- perdiçãoPortuguese
- pierzanieRomanian
- проклятие, геенна, гибельRussian
- helvete, evig, fördömelseSwedish
- cehennemTurkish
- פארדארבונגYiddish
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