2 November 2015
perdition
[per-dish-uh n]
noun
1. a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
2. the future state of the wicked.
3. hell (def 1).
4. utter destruction or ruin.
5. Obsolete, loss.
Origin of perdition
Latin
1300-1350; < Latin perditiōn- (stem of perditiō) destruction, equivalent to perdit (us) (past participle of perdere to do in, ruin, lose, equivalent to per- per- + di-, combining form of dare to give + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn -ion; replacing Middle English perdiciun < Old French < Latin, as above
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Examples from the Web for perdition
Historical Examples
Then he looked back to the judgment-seat and cried, “With this blood, Appius, I devote thee and thy life to perdition.”
Stories From Livy
Alfred Church
To perdition with the professional man who gabs to his wife!
The Return of Peter Grimm
David Belasco
Is it true, that the heathen world are sinking to perdition?
Thoughts on Missions
Sheldon Dibble
Anagram
no riptide
into pride
Today’s quote
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.
– Henry David Thoreau
On this day
2 November 1917 – British Foreign Secretary, James Balfour, presents a declaration of intent to establish a national homeland in Palestine for the Jewish people. It became known as the ‘Balfour Declaration’.
2 November 1936 – launch of the British Broadcasting Commission (BBC-TV). World’s first regular television service. Initially broadcasting with a radius of 25 miles. It was taken off-air from 1939 – 1946 because of World War II. Now known as BBC One.
2 November 1942 – Australians recapture Kokoda from the Japanese during the Kokoda Track campaign. The campaign was fought from 21 July 1942 to 16 November 1942, in the Australian territory of Papua New Guinea between Japanese and predominantly Australian forces. The Kokoda Track wound through the Owen Stanley Ranges, which Japanese forces had invaded as they attempted to seize Port Moresby.