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Topic: CHRISTIANITY

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Late Latin
Origin: perditio, from Latin perdere 'to destroy'

perdition

 noun
     
per‧di‧tion [uncountable] old use
1RRC punishment after death
2 complete destruction or failure:
an alcoholic on the road to perdition
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