Tribulation Definition

trĭbyə-lāshən
tribulations
noun
tribulations
Great misery or distress, as from oppression; deep sorrow.
Webster's New World
Something that causes great suffering or distress; affliction; trial.
Webster's New World
An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith.
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(Christianity) A relatively short period of time before the second coming where believers will experience worldwide persecution and be purified and strengthened by it.

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Other Word Forms of Tribulation

Noun

Singular:
tribulation
Plural:
tribulations

Origin of Tribulation

  • Middle English tribulation, from Old French tribulacion, from Late Latin tribulatio (“distress, trouble, tribulation, affliction"), from tribulare (“to press, probably also thresh out grain"), from tribulum (“a sledge consisting of a wooden block studded with sharp pieces of flint or with iron teeth, used for threshing grain"), from terere (“to rub"); see trite.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English tribulacioun from Old French tribulacion from Latin trībulātiō trībulātiōn- from trībulātus past participle of trībulāre to oppress from Latin trībulum threshing-sledge terə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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