Definitions
Formal test or court case.
Word origin
From Middle English trial, triall, from Anglo-Norman trial, triel, from trier (“to pick out, cull”) + -al. More at English try.
Used in a sentence
“all thy vexations / Were but my trials of thy love and thou / Hast strangely stood the test here”
“had my powers been less limited, I might have enforced obedience; but as it was, it was but a trial of strength between her and me, in which she generally came off victorious”
“Jama saw the sweaty, smelly work as a kind of test that, if passed, would entitle him to see his father, a trial of his worth as a son and as a man.”
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01“Test or court case”5 letters
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