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predamnation Now rare.|priːdæmˈneɪʃən| [ad. late L. prædamnātiōn-em, n. of action from prædamnāre: see prec.] The action of condemning or condition of being damned beforehand.
1626J. Yates Ibis ad Cæsarem ii. 32 As for damnation, predamnation, &c., they are acts of iustice, and not to be thought vpon without sinne. a1711Ken Preparatives Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 27 'Tis Predamnation to despair, 'Tis Bliss to trust God's tender Care. 1865W. G. Palgrave Arabia I. viii. 367 An adequate idea of predestination, or, to give it a truer name, pre-damnation, held and taught in the school of the Coran. |