tribulation
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tribulation¹
- /ˌtɹɪbjʊˈleɪ̯ʃən/ UK
- /ˌtɹɪbjəˈleɪ̯ʃən/ US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
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.
noun tribulations
- Any adversity; a trying period or event. What wit have we (poor fools) to wit what will serve us, when the blessed Apostle himself in his sore tribulation, praying thrice unto God to take it away from him, was answered again by God in a manner that he was but a fool in asking that request, but that the help of God's grace in that tribulati
Tribulation²
Where it comes from
Proprialization from tribulation.
proper noun
- (A period of) persecution before the Second Coming, lasting seven years, which Christians will experience worldwide which will purify and strengthen them.
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noun adversity
| Español | tribulación |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 逆境 nìjìng, 险境 xiánjìng, 苦难 kǔnàn, 灾厄 zaiè |
| Português | tribulação |
| Français | tribulation |
| Deutsch | Kummer, Trübsal, Mühsal, Drangsal, Bedrängnis |
| Italiano | tribolazione |
| Русский | бе́дствие bédstvije, беда́ bedá, несча́стье nesčástʹje, го́ре góre |
| العربية | مِحْنَة miḥna |
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