Ordeal
nounid
100462·updated May 18, 2026verified
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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Entity Type
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Information Class
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Variants
- synonym
- trial by ordeal
- plural
- Ordeals
- possessive
- Ordeal's
- pluralpossessive
- Ordeals'
Framework definitions
- §1
- 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
- §2
- a severe or trying experience
- §1 · legacy_primary
- 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 controlDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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