In theology, the state of a luckless mortal prenatally damned. The doctrine of reprobation was taught by Calvin, whose joy in it was somewhat marred by the sad sincerity of his conviction that although some are foredoomed to perdition, others are predestined to salvation.
Ambrose BierceLINEN, n. "A kind of cloth the making of which, when made of hemp, entails a great waste of hemp."
Ambrose Bierce