亚洲网紅露点

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perdition

[ per-dish-uhn ]

noun

  1. a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
  2. the future state of the wicked.
  3. utter destruction or ruin.
  4. Obsolete. loss.


perdition

/ 辫蓹藞诲瑟蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. Christianity
    1. final and irrevocable spiritual ruin
    2. this state as one that the wicked are said to be destined to endure for ever
  2. another word for hell
  3. archaic.
    utter disaster, ruin, or destruction
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of perdition1

First recorded in 1300鈥50; from Latin 辫别谤诲颈迟颈艒苍-, stem of 辫别谤诲颈迟颈艒 鈥渄estruction,鈥 from perdit(us) 鈥渓ost鈥 (past participle of perdere 鈥渢o do in, ruin, lose,鈥 from per- per- + -dere, combining form of dare 鈥渢o give鈥) + -颈艒 -ion; replacing Middle English perdiciun, from Old French, from Latin, as above
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of perdition1

C14: from Late Latin 辫别谤诲颈迟颈艒 ruin, from Latin perdere to lose, from per- (away) + 诲腻谤别 to give
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How do we know that the expansion of gambling will coax some players, coaches and others toward perdition?

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If so, which people are allowed in and which are banished to perdition, if not sentenced to be annihilated?

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The final showdown involves a high-stakes game of curling and a fiery portal to perdition.

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People inundating us with spurious claims of knowledge feel free to condemn to perdition those who doubt their authority.

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The killers eventually were revealed to be two of Brenda鈥檚 brothers-in-law, fundamentalists who said they were carrying out God鈥檚 will 鈥 an act of so-called blood atonement for being what the brothers deemed 鈥渃hildren of perdition.鈥

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