perdition
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ən Origin:
1300–50; < Latin perditiōn- (stem of perditiō) destruction, equivalent to perdit(us) (past participle of perdere to do in, ruin, lose, equivalent to per- per- + di-, combining form of dare to give + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn -ion; replacing Middle English perdiciun < Old French < Latin, as above
1300–50; < Latin perditiōn- (stem of perditiō) destruction, equivalent to perdit(us) (past participle of perdere to do in, ruin, lose, equivalent to per- per- + di-, combining form of dare to give + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn -ion; replacing Middle English perdiciun < Old French < Latin, as above
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| —n | |
| 1. | Christianity |
| a. final and irrevocable spiritual ruin | |
| b. 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 |
| [C14: from Late Latin perditiō ruin, from Latin perdere to lose, from | |
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Word Origin & History
perdition
mid-14c., "fact of being lost or destroyed," from O.Fr. perdiciun (11c.), from L.L. perditionem (nom. perditio) "ruin, destruction," from L. perditus, pp. of perdere "do away with, destroy, lose, throw away," from per- "through" (here perhaps with intensive or completive force, "to destruction") + -dare
"to put" (see date (1)). Special theological sense of "condition of damnation, spiritual ruin, state of souls in Hell" (late 14c.) has gradually extinguished the general use of the word.
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Example sentences
The saint was pierced with grief to see them thus give death to their own souls, and draw others into the same perdition.
Risking sin and perdition, we're rich.
Pundits declared early this year that Greece was finished, a breath away from financial perdition and default.
Piracy, poverty and perdition: Somalia takes our unwanted prize.
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