单词 | perdition |
释义 | perdition/pəˈdɪʃ(ə)n /noun [mass noun] 1(In Christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unrepentant person passes after death.Hence, if the children suffer eternal perdition because their parents, who are themselves Christians, do not teach them how to attain salvation, God will judge and punish the parents....
Synonyms damnation, eternal punishment; hell, hellfire, spiritual destruction, doom, ruin, ruination, condemnation, destruction, downfall 1.1Complete and utter ruin: she used her last banknote to buy herself a square meal before perdition...
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French perdiciun, from ecclesiastical Latin perditio(n-), from Latin perdere 'destroy', from per- 'completely, to destruction' + the base of dare 'put'. |
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