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TRIAL BY ORDEAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trial by ordeal mean?
• TRIAL BY ORDEAL (noun)
The noun TRIAL BY ORDEAL has 1 sense:
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; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
Familiarity information: TRIAL BY ORDEAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
ordeal; trial by ordeal
Hypernyms ("trial by ordeal" is a kind of...):
trial ((law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law)
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