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tribulation

[trib-yuh-ley-shuhn] Origin

trib·u·la·tion

[trib-yuh-ley-shuhn]
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


1. affliction, hardship, distress, adversity.

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tribulation (ˌtrɪbjʊˈleɪʃən)
 
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
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"threshing sledge," from stem of terere "to rub" (see throw) + -bulum, suffix forming names of tools.
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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.

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