/peuhr dish"euhn/ , n.
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. Obs. loss.
[ 1300-50; perdition- (s. of perditio ) destruction, equiv. to perdit ( us ) (ptp. of perdere to do in, ruin, lose, equiv. to per- PER- + di-, comb. form of dare to give + - tus ptp. suffix) + -ion -ION; r. ME perdiciun ]