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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The punishment of hell.
- noun Vehement rhetoric, especially homiletic rhetoric describing or warning of the punishments of hell.
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- noun The traditional
punishments ofHell . - adjective Referencing the power or
wrath ofGod . - adjective pejorative Stereotypical descriptive for a
charismatic clergyman who stresses the power or wrath of God,literal interpretation of theBible and traditional punishments of Hell.
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- noun (Old Testament) God's means of destroying sinners
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