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trib⋅u⋅la⋅tion

  [trib-yuh-ley-shuhn]
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–noun
1. grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering.
2. an instance of this; an affliction, trouble, etc.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME < L trībulātiōn- (s. of trībulātiō) distress, trouble, equiv. to trībulāt(us) (ptp. of trībulāre to press, squeeze, deriv. of trībulum threshing sledge, equiv. to trī-, var. s. of terere to rub, crush + -bulum n. suffix of instrument) + -iōn- -ion

Synonyms:
1. affliction, hardship, distress, adversity.
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trib·u·la·tion   (trĭb'yə-lā'shən)   
n.  

  1. Great affliction, trial, or distress; suffering: Their tribulation has finally passed. See Synonyms at trial.

  2. An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith. See Synonyms at burden1.


[Middle English tribulacioun, from Old French tribulacion, from Latin trībulātiō, trībulātiōn-, from trībulātus, past participle of trībulāre, to oppress, from Latin trībulum, threshing-sledge; see terə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

tribulation 
c.1225, 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Tribulation

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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