perdition
pronunciation
How to pronounce perdition in British English:
UK [pɜ:ˈdɪʃn]
How to pronounce perdition in American English:
US [pɜrˈdɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
Word Origin
- perdition (n.)
- mid-14c., "fact of being lost or destroyed," from Old French perdicion "loss, calamity, perdition" of souls (11c.) and directly from Late Latin perditionem (nominative perditio) "ruin, destruction," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin perdere "do away with, destroy; lose, throw away, squander," from per- "through" (here perhaps with intensive or completive force, "to destruction") + dare "to put" (see date (n.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.
Example
- 1. Damn you all to perdition !
- 2. And soon , the hounds of perdition will howl at our command !
- 3. Four years after , you find me a christian enthusiast ; you then work upon me , perhaps to my complete perdition !