Ordeal
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- trial by ordeal
- plural
- Ordeals
- possessive
- Ordeal's
- pluralpossessive
- Ordeals'