tribulation

  • 11Tribulation — The Tribulation (or Great Tribulation ) is an event referred to in the New Testament of the Bible at bibleref|Matthew|24:21 ( For then shall be great tribulation... King James Version) and other passages.In the futurist view of Christian… …

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  • 12tribulation — (tri bu la sion ; en vers, de cinq syllabes) s. f. Affliction, adversité. •   Serait il point, compère, à votre passion Arrivé quelque peu de tribulation ?, MOL. Éc. des f. IV, 8. •   Tout le monde a ses tribulations, SÉV. 512. •   Le mal [la… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 13tribulation — n. 1) to bear, endure a tribulation 2) (misc.) trials and tribulations * * * [ˌtrɪbjʊ leɪʃ(ə)n] endure a tribulation (misc.) trials and tribulations to bear …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 14tribulation — UK [ˌtrɪbjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌtrɪbjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms tribulation : singular tribulation plural tribulations a problem, or a difficulty …

    English dictionary

  • 15tribulation — /trɪbjəˈleɪʃən / (say tribyuh layshuhn) noun 1. grievous trouble; severe trial or experience. 2. an instance of this, or an affliction, trouble, etc. –phrase 3. the (Great) Tribulation, the damnation that awaits those who are not saved at the… …

  • 16tribulation — noun Etymology: Middle English tribulacion, from Anglo French, from Latin tribulation , tribulatio, from tribulare to press, oppress, from tribulum drag used in threshing, from terere to rub more at throw Date: 13th century distress or suffering… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 17tribulation — /trib yeuh lay sheuhn/, n. 1. grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering. 2. an instance of this; an affliction, trouble, etc. [1175 1225; ME < L tribulation (s. of tribulatio) distress, trouble, equiv. to tribulat(us) (ptp. of tribulare to&#8230; …

    Universalium

  • 18tribulation — noun /trɪ.bjə.leɪ.ʃən/ Any adversity; a trying period or event. It is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war …

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  • 19Tribulation —    Trouble or affiction of any kind (Deut. 4:30; Matt. 13:21; 2 Cor. 7:4). In Rom. 2:9 tribulation and anguish are the penal sufferings that shall overtake the wicked. In Matt. 24:21, 29, the word denotes the calamities that were to attend the&#8230; …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 20tribulation — [13] Latin trībulum denoted an agricultural implement consisting of a wooden board with sharp stones or metal teeth underneath, used for threshing grain (it was derived from the base *trī , a variant of *ter ‘rub’, which also produced English&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins