TRIBULATION


Meaning of TRIBULATION in English

n.1 great affliction or oppression.

2 a cause of this (was a real tribulation to me).

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.