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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Ordeal
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(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.