McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Trepalium

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Trepalium

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Tremellius, Emmanuel
Trench
Trench (2)
Trench, Hon. Power Le Poer, D.D
Trench, Richard Chenevix, D.D
Trendelenburg, Friedrich Adolf
Trendelenburg, Johann Georg
Trent, The Council Of (Concilium Tridentinunm)
Trental
Trepalium
Tresenreuter, Johann Ulrich
Trespass
Trespass-offering
Trestrail, Frederick, D.D
Treuenfels, Abraham
Treves, Councils Of (Concilium Trevirense)
Treves, Holy coat of
Trevett, Russell, D.D
Trevor, Richard, D.D

a name given to the rack used for examining witnesses by torture. According to canon 33, Council of Tarragona, presbyters and deacons were forbidden to stand at the Trepalium while persons were tortured. See Bingham, Christ. Anti. bk. 18:ch. v, § 34.