ORDEAL


Meaning of ORDEAL in English

adj of or pertaining to trial by ordeal.

2. ordeal ·noun any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.

3. ordeal ·noun 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.

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