Word: ordeal Word origin: Old English ordāl, ordēl, of Germanic origin; related to German urteilen ‘give judgement’, from a base meaning ‘share out’. The word is not found in Middle English (except once in Chaucer's Troilus ); modern use of ordeal (sense 2) began in the late 16th century, whence ordeal (sense 1) (mid 17th century). Phonetic: ɔːˈdiːəl Listen:
a very unpleasant and prolonged experience. Example: the ordeal of having to give evidence
an ancient test of guilt or innocence by subjection of the accused to severe pain, survival of which was taken as divine proof of innocence. Example: ordeals conducted in the twelfth century
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