perdition — [ pɛrdisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • perdiciun 1080; lat. ecclés. perditio 1 ♦ Théol. Éloignement de l Église et des voies du salut; ruine de l âme par le péché. État de perdition. Loc. cour. Lieu de perdition : lieu de plaisir, de débauche. « ce théâtre, un… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Perdition — Per*di tion, n. [F., fr. L. perditio, fr. perdere, perditum, to ruin, to lose; per (cf. Skr. par[=a] away) + dere (only in comp.) to put; akin to Gr. ?, E. do. See {Do}.] 1. Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; esp., the utter loss of the soul,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
perdition — Perdition, Amissio, Perditio, Disperditio. Mener à perdition, Adducere ad nequitiam. Si tout devoit aller à perdition et confusion, Omnia permisceri mallent, B … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Perdition — (v. lat.), das Verderben … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Perdition — (lat.), Verderben, ewige Verdammnis … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Perdition — Perditiōn (lat.), Verderben, ewige Verdammnis … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
perdition — index adversity, destruction, miscarriage, subversion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
perdition — (n.) mid 14c., fact of being lost or destroyed, from O.Fr. perdiciun (11c.), from L.L. perditionem (nom. perditio) ruin, destruction, from L. perditus, pp. of perdere do away with, destroy, lose, throw away, from per through (here perhaps with… … Etymology dictionary
perdition — [n] hell Abaddon*, abyss, affliction, bottomless pit*, condemnation, damnation, everlasting fire*, fire and brimstone*, Gehenna*, Hades, infernal regions, inferno, loss of the soul, lower world, nether world, pit, place of torment, punishment,… … New thesaurus
perdition — ► NOUN ▪ (in Christian theology) a state of eternal damnation into which a sinful person who has not repented passes after death. ORIGIN Latin, from perdere destroy … English terms dictionary
