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/pɜːdˈɪʃən/
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(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
Hell is paved with good intentions
Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell
a demon from the depths of the pit
How To Use perdition In A Sentence
- Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail. Act V. Scene II. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- Mary, for like as Eve by the exhorting of the devil gave her consent to do the sin of inobedience to our perdition, right so by the greeting of the angel Gabriel and by exhorting, the glorious Virgin Mary gave her consenting to his message by obedience, to our salvation. The Golden Legend, vol. 3
- Ah! How cheerfully we consign ourselves to perdition!
- He sure is - if you are one of those who want us to continue our Gadarene dive to perdition. Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?
- In recent years various squads have, though not intentionally, completed their campaigns in a state of utter perdition.
- Even if we were permitted to converse with the lost in perdition, The Value of the Soul.
- They who can see the name "Kafir" upon the forehead of Osama bin Laden are the Believers: for upon him is the name "Kafir" as the Arabic wordfor "Unbeliever"; and all who follow him; or secretly believe in his cause; and fund or in any way helphis false Jihad; andthe ad-Dajjal'sLawlessness as that of the Son of Perdition himself: the Son of the Devil. OpEdNews - Diary: Darkness and Light; the Caliphate of Barack Obama and the Judas of Islam
- As "drawing back unto perdition" is merely the palpable evidence of the want of "root" from the first in the Christian profession (Lu 8: 13), so "enduring to the end" is just the proper evidence of its reality and solidity. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
- Removing the will from God does not, therefore, deny human freedom; one remains free either to wander into perdition, or, through grace, to return where one belongs, in God.
- But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.