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tribulation

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˌtɹɪbjʊˈleɪ̯ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted abiilnorttuStarts with TEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event

Word origin

From Middle English tribulation, from Old French tribulacion, from Late Latin trībulātiō (“distress, trouble, tribulation, affliction”), from Latin tribulāre (“to press, probably also thresh out grain”), from trībulum (“a sledge consisting of a wooden block studded with sharp pieces of flint or with iron teeth, used for threshing grain”), from terēre (“to rub”); see trite.

Used in a sentence

  • Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer
  • And mark me, brother! not in the proudest days of the mitred Abbey, was a Superior ever chosen, whom his office shall so much honour, as he shall be honoured, who now takes it upon him in these days of tribulation.
  • Baltimore's tribulations were indeed sore; there was no peace for him day nor night.

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