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  • 21tribulation — 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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  • 22Tribulation —    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… …

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  • 23tribulation — [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… …

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  • 24tribulation — noun 1) the tribulations of her personal life Syn: trouble, difficulty, problem, worry, anxiety, burden, cross to bear, ordeal, trial, adversity, hardship, tragedy, sorrow, trauma, affliction; setback, blow; inform …

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  • 25tribulation — Toute maniere de Tribulation, AErumna, Afflictio …

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  • 26tribulation — [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… …

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  • 27tribulation — n. 1 great affliction or oppression. 2 a cause of this (was a real tribulation to me). Etymology: ME f. OF f. eccl.L tribulatio onis f. L tribulare press, oppress, f. tribulum sledge for threshing, f. terere trit rub …

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  • 28TRIBULATION — s. f. Affliction, adversité. Il a passé par bien des tribulations, par toutes sortes de tribulations, par les tribulations. De longues tribulations.   Il s emploie particulièrement, en parlant Des adversités considérées dans des vues religieuses …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 29TRIBULATION — n. f. Affliction, tourment moral, épreuve. Il a passé par bien des tribulations, par toutes sortes de tribulations. Il s’emploie particulièrement en parlant des Adversités considérées comme des épreuves voulues par Dieu. Dieu exerce, éprouve ses… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 30Tribulation — noun A relatively short period of time before the second coming where believers will experience worldwide persecution and be purified and strengthened by it …

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