Hypertext Webster Gateway: "damnation"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Damnation
in Rom. 13:2, means "condemnation," which comes on those who
withstand God's ordinance of magistracy. This sentence of
condemnation comes not from the magistrate, but from God, whose
authority is thus resisted.
In 1 Cor. 11:29 (R.V., "judgment") this word means
condemnation, in the sense of exposure to severe temporal
judgements from God, as the following verse explains.
In Rom. 14:23 the word "damned" means "condemned" by one's own
conscience, as well as by the Word of God. The apostle shows
here that many things which are lawful are not expedient; and
that in using our Christian liberty the question should not
simply be, Is this course I follow lawful? but also, Can I
follow it without doing injury to the spiritual interests of a
brother in Christ? He that "doubteth", i.e., is not clear in his
conscience as to "meats", will violate his conscience "if he
eat," and in eating is condemned; and thus one ought not so to
use his liberty as to lead one who is "weak" to bring upon
himself this condemnation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Damnation \Dam*na"tion\, n. [F. damnation, L. damnatio, fr.
damnare. See {Damn}.]
1. The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed
disapprobation.
2. (Theol.) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the
future state, or the punishment itself.
How can ye escape the damnation of hell? --Matt.
xxiii. 33.
Wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation. --Shak.
3. A sin deserving of everlasting punishment. [R.]
The deep damnation of his taking-off. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
damnation
n 1: the act of damning
2: the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell
[syn: {eternal damnation}]
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