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Meanings of ordeal in English

Portuguese
ordália

A primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence.

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        Usage of ordeal in English
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        And coming through that ordeal six years ago has given him strength.
        Reuters
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        Despite his recent ordeal, he appeared to be in implausibly good health.
        Another life
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        The second victim suffered the same ordeal and police investigated both matters.
        The South African
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        Police launch investigation into Lenasia violence The ordeal didn't end their either.
        The South African
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        Shamsi said Slahi's ordeal is more proof that torture does not work.
        Reuters
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        For previous reports on Rice's ordeal last year on K2, click here.
        Climbing Magazine
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        Though much weakened by his ordeal, King Viserys soon resumed the rule.
        Rogues
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        His sense of strategy has certainly not been diminished by this ordeal.
        My Life, My Tapes
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        My intuition had been correct; we had come to meet our ordeal.
        Climbing Magazine
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        He did not look in the least unnerved by the terrible ordeal.
        Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the Jame...
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        Trial by ordeal was abolished in this country in the year 1218.
        The Mysteries of All Nations / Rise and Progress of Superstition...
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        Some community members are now calling for an apology following the ordeal.
        News.com.au
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        However, it is not known if the baby ever survived the ordeal.
        The South African
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        The burden has been too heavy for us; the ordeal too fiery.
        The Hand but Not the Heart; Or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring
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        I hope I find you fully recovered from your ordeal of yesterday?
        Jane and the madness of lord byron: being a jane austen mystery
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        Varanna believed this was the result of Sorak's ordeal in the desert.
        The outcast
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        Ordeal through the time
        Ordeal across language varieties
        South Africa
        Common
        Australia
        Common
        New Zealand
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