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Trial by ordeal   /trˈaɪəl baɪ ɔrdˈil/   Listen
Trial by ordeal

noun
1.
A primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence.  Synonym: ordeal.





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... were; if the appellee were a foreigner, or of foreign descent, he might offer wager of battle, and on its being declined, purge himself by his own oath and that of his witnesses, according to the Norman law; or if a native of the country, he might have his choice of the trial by ordeal or by battle. ...
— Coronation Anecdotes • Giles Gossip


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