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tribulation(dictionary)

tribulation (iou)



tribulation noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French from ecclesiastical Latin tribulatio(n-), from Latin tribulare press, oppress, afflict, from tribulum a board with sharp points on the underside, used in threshing, prob. from var. of stem of terere rub.]
A state of misery, great affliction, or oppression; a cause of this. ME.
A. Maupin That..depressed the matriarch more than all her other tribulations combined.
b. A person who causes trouble. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
The state or condition of being held as a pledge. slang. M17-M18.