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ordeal
has definitions from the field of law
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[ noun ] a severe or trying experience
Used in print (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)And I select this sentence as its pertinent summation : `` In_essence the drama of his ( Eisenhower 's ) Presidency can be described as the ordeal of a nation turned conservative and struggling - thus_far with but limited and precarious success - to give effective voice and force to_that conservatism '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (law) 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
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