TRIBULATION


Meaning of TRIBULATION in English

n. 1 great affliction or oppression. 2 a cause of this (was a real tribulation to me).

[ ME f. OF f. eccl.L tribulatio -onis f. L tribulare press, oppress, f. tribulum sledge for threshing, f. terere trit- rub ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.