Both Uses of
perfidy
in
Dante's Paradise -- translated by Norton
- his pitiless and perfidious stepmother
Canto 12-22 *perfidious = inclined to intentionally betray
- Yet would I not that thou bate thy neighbors, because thy life hath a future far beyond the punishment of their perfidies.†
Canto 12-22
Definition:
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(perfidy) an act of deliberate betrayal; or such behavior