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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event;
- Example: "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"
- Example: "life is full of tribulations"
- Example: "a visitation of the plague"
[syn: trial, tribulation, visitation]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tribulation \Trib`u*la"tion\, n. [OE. tribulacium, F.
   tribulation, L. tribulatio, from tribulare to press, afflict,
   fr. tribulum a thrashing sledge, akin to terere, tritum, to
   rub. See Trite.]
   That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe
   affliction.
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         When tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the
         word, by and by he is offended.          --Matt. xiii.
                                                  21.
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         In the world ye shall have tribulation.  --John. xvi.
                                                  33.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tribulation
    n 1: an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his
         mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life
         is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"
         [syn: trial, tribulation, visitation]