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trial by ordeal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun trial by ordeal has 1 sense
- trial by ordeal(n = noun.act) ordeal - 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; Array is a kind of trial
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