Tribulation

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tribulation
       n : 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}, {visitation}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "tribulation":
     adverse circumstances, adversity, affliction, aggravation,
     annoyance, blight, bummer, calvary, care, cross, crucible, curse,
     difficulties, difficulty, downer, fiery ordeal, hard knocks,
     hard life, hard lot, hardcase, hardship, irritation, oppression,
     ordeal, persecution, plight, predicament, pressure, rigor,
     sea of troubles, stress, stress of life, trial,
     trials and tribulations, trouble, troubles, vale of tears,
     vicissitude, visitation
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Tribulation
     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
     destruction of Jerusalem.