Bible Dictionaries
Ordeal
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal.
(2):
(n.) Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.
(3):
(n.) An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, - once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ordeal'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/o/ordeal.html. 1828.