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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

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Variants

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trial by ordeal
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Ordeals
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Ordeal's
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Ordeals'