tribulation
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yəˈleɪ noun
1.
grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering.
2.
an instance of this; an affliction, trouble, etc.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Latin trībulātiōn- (stem of trībulātiō) distress, trouble, equivalent to trībulāt(us) (past participle of trībulāre to press, squeeze, derivative of trībulum threshing sledge, equivalent to trī-, variant stem of terere to rub, crush + -bulum noun suffix of instrument) + -iōn- -ion
1175–1225; Middle English < Latin trībulātiōn- (stem of trībulātiō) distress, trouble, equivalent to trībulāt(us) (past participle of trībulāre to press, squeeze, derivative of trībulum threshing sledge, equivalent to trī-, variant stem of terere to rub, crush + -bulum noun suffix of instrument) + -iōn- -ion
Synonyms
1. affliction, hardship, distress, adversity.
1. affliction, hardship, distress, adversity.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a cause of distress |
| 2. | a state of suffering or distress |
| [C13: from Old French, from Church Latin trībulātiō, from Latin trībulāre to afflict, from trībulum a threshing board, from terere to rub] | |
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Word Origin & History
tribulation
early 13c., from O.Fr. tribulacion (12c.), from L.L. tribulationem (nom. tribulatio) "distress, trouble, affliction" (c.200), from tribulatus, pp. of tribulare "to oppress, afflict," a figurative use by Christian writers of L. tribulare "to press," also possibly "to thresh out grain," from tribulum
"threshing sledge," from stem of terere "to rub" (see throw) + -bulum, suffix forming names of tools.
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Bible Dictionary
Tribulation definition
trouble or affiction of any kind (Deut. 4:30; Matt. 13:21; 2 Cor. 7:4). In Rom. 2:9 "tribulation and anguish" are the penal sufferings that shall overtake the wicked. In Matt. 24:21, 29, the word denotes the calamities that were to attend the destruction of Jerusalem.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Example sentences
There is no saint whose virtue is not exercised by tribulation.
Divine inspiration, alas, has given way to legal tribulation.
These have been the days of her humiliation and tribulation.
What this tribulation it has created will bring a new society free from what today destroyed it.
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