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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
- Ah! How cheerfully we consign ourselves to perdition!
- The Christian could not be tolerant or detached for the Christian could not remain indifferent to something which inevitably meant the loss of his soul and perdition for others.
- Imperat illi Deus; supplices deprecamur: tuque, Princeps militiae coelestis, Satanam aliosque spiritus malignos, qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo, divina virtute in infernum detrude. Why Distributism Can Work (For Us, Right Now) Part I
- So he bore with his injurious usage, saying to himself, Verily insolence and evil-speaking are causes of perdition and cast into confusion, and it is said, ‘The insolent is shent and the ignorant doth repent; and whose feareth, to him safety is sent’: moderation marketh the noble and gentle manners are of gains the grandest. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- Such dualism, which in effect consigns the Other to perdition, is in modernity often a characteristic of fundamentalisms.
- What are all the comforts of the home of Dives, if they end in perdition? Three Discourses
- Again: if true believers shall live, and continue to the saving of their souls, in opposition to them that fall away to perdition, then they shall certainly persevere in their faith, for these two are but one and the same; but that true believers shall live, and believe to the saving of their souls, in opposition to them that draw back, or subduct themselves, to perdition, is the assertion of the Holy Ghost: ergo. The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
- 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.
- In other words, whichever route one takes in this intellectual landscape, it descends into the same perdition.