Definition of Ordeal
Ordeal
or·de·al
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A prolonged and difficult experience or test of endurance.
e.g. The hikers faced an ordeal when they got lost in the wilderness.
(noun)
in historical usage, a primitive test of guilt (a means of determining innocence) that involves subjecting the accused to dangerous tests or severe pain, often believed to be under supernatural control, in which survival proves innocence;
e.g. She was subjected to an ordeal by fire to prove her innocence.
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