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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; 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


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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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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