İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. i. insana çok sıkıntı çektiren iş, ateşten gömlek. çetin sinav, atesten gömlek. i. insana çok sıkıntı çektiren iş, ateşten gömlek. işkence ile sorgulama, zorlu sınama, ateşten gömlek, çile.
2. eskiden kullanılan işkence ile yargılama usulü, çetin sınav; büyük slkıntı, ateşten gömlek, karakter veya dayanıklılık denemesi.
3. çetin sınav. ateşten gömlek.
4. karakter veya dayanıklılık denemesi. ateşten gömlek. büyük sıkıntı. çile. mihnet.

Etymology : Middle English ordal, from Old English ordAl; akin to Old High German urteil judgment, Old English dAl division; more at DEAL
Pronunciation : or-'dE(-&)l, 'or-"
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century

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1. trial; trying experience, hardship. ordeal\or"de*al\ (ôr"d&esl;*al), n. [as. ordāl, ord&aemacr;l, a judgment; akin to d. oordeel, g. urteil, urtheil; orig., what is dealt out, the prefix or- being akin to ā- compounded with verbs, g. er-, ur-, goth. us-, orig. meaning, out. see: deal, v. & n., and cf. arise, ort.].
2. an ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in europe, and still practiced in the east and by savage tribes.note: in england ordeal by fire and ordeal by water were used, the former confined to persons of rank, the latter to the common people. the ordeal by fire was performed, either by handling red-hot iron, or by walking barefoot and blindfold over red-hot plowshares, laid at unequal distances. if the person escaped unhurt, he was adjudged innocent; otherwise he was condemned as guilty. the ordeal by water was performed, either by plunging the bare arm to the elbow in boiling water, an escape from injury being taken as proof of innocence, or by casting the accused person, bound hand and foot, into a river or pond, when if he floated it was an evidence of guilt, but if he sunk he was acquitted. it is probable that the proverbial phrase, to go through fire and water, denoting severe trial or danger, is derived from the ordeal. see: wager of battle, under wager.
3. any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.ordeal bean. (bot.) see: calabar bean, under calabar.ordeal root (bot.) the root of a species of strychnos growing in west africa, used, like the ordeal bean, in trials for witchcraft.ordeal tree (bot.), a poisonous tree of madagascar (tanghinia, or cerbera, venenata). persons suspected of crime are forced to eat the seeds of the plumlike fruit, and criminals are put to death by being pricked with a lance dipped in the juice of the seeds.ordeal \or"de*al\, a. of or pertaining to trial by ordeal.
4. An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes.
5. Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.
6. Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal. 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 a severe or trying experience.
7. If you describe an experience or situation as an ordeal, you think it is difficult and unpleasant. She described her agonising ordeal. a terrible or painful experience that continues for a period of time ordeal of. In customary law, a test of guilt or innocence in which the accused undergoes dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control. Ordeals by fire or water are the most common. Burns suffered while passing through fire (as in Hindu custom) or rejection (i.e., being buoyed up) by a body of water (as in witch trials) would be regarded as proof of guilt. In ordeal by combat, as in the medieval duel, the victor is said to win not by his own strength but because supernatural powers have intervened on the side of the right.