late Middle English: from Old French perdiciun, from ecclesiastical Latin perditio(n-), from Latin perdere 'destroy', from per- 'completely, to destruction' + the base of dare 'put'
the Roman Catholic doctrine of Cornelis Jansen and his disciples; salvation is limited to those who are subject to supernatural determinism and the rest are assigned to perdition. 詹森和他的门徒的罗马天主教教义；相信上帝决定论的人能得到拯救其他人遭受浩劫。
