Definitions for perdition
pərˈdɪʃ ənperdi·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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

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1. Perditionnoun

   Hell; hades; as, on the path to perdition.

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1. perditionnoun

   eternal damnation

2. perditionnoun

   hell

3. perditionnoun

   absolute ruin

4. Etymology: From perdiciun, from perditio, from perdo

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Perditionnoun

   Etymology: perditio, Lat. perdition, Fr.

   1. Destruction; ruin; death.

   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.

   2. Loss.

   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.

   3. Eternal death.

   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.

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1. perdition

   Perdition is a state of eternal punishment and damnation, particularly in Christian theology, into which a sinful and unrepentant person is believed to pass after death. It can also refer to utter destruction or ruin.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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

2. Perditionnoun

   loss of diminution

3. 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.]

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1. 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.

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1. 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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1. tropidine

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of perdition in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of perdition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of perdition in a Sentence

1. William Shakespeare:

   Excellent wretch Perdition catch my soul, But I do love thee and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again.

2. 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.

3. Henry Thomas Buckle:

   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.

4. George Barrell Cheever:

   Faith in tomorrow, instead of Christ, is Satan's nurse for man's perdition.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=perdition
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=perdition
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Perdition
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=perdition
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perdition
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=perdition
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=perdition