Gehenna

noun

Ge·hen·na | \ gi-ˈhe-nə

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Definition of Gehenna

1 : a place or state of misery

2 : hell sense 1a(2)

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the depression that has enshrouded her since the death of her husband is a Gehenna from which she may never be released in a fire-and-brimstone sermon, the evangelist warned those assembled that they faced the fires of Gehenna if they failed to repent

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Gegenstandstheorie

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The first known use of Gehenna was circa 1534

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