Definition of Ordeal

Noun: ordeal  or'deel

1. A severe or trying experience
    
2. 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
   - trial by ordeal

See also:
ordains
ordeals

Anagrams containing the word ordeal

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