ORDEAL
\ɔːdˈi͡əl], \ɔːdˈiəl], \ɔː_d_ˈiə_l]\
Definitions of ORDEAL
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.
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An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, - once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes.
By Oddity Software
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Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.
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An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, - once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes.
By Noah Webster.
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An ancient method of trial by fire, water, combat, etc., to determine guilt or innocence; hence, a severe trial or test.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A dealing out or giving of just judgment: an ancient form of trial by lot, fire, water, etc.: any severe trial or examination.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] An ancient form of trial to determine guilt or innocence. It was of many sorts, as by duel or combat, touching of the cross, or of the bier, or of a murdered body, eating of the Eucharist, & c., and especially by fire and by water.
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