n.
1. Great affliction, trial, or distress; suffering: Their tribulation has finally passed. See Synonyms at trial.
2. An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith. See Synonyms at burden1,.
eg. pick up your cross and follow me.
eg. pick up your cross and follow me.
[Middle English tribulacioun, from Old French tribulacion, from Latin tr
bul
ti
, trbultin-, from trbultus, past participle of trbulre, to oppress, from Latin trbulum, threshing-sledge; see ter
-1 in Indo-European roots.]
bulti, trbultin-, from trbultus, past participle of trbulre, to oppress, from Latin trbulum, threshing-sledge; see ter-1 in Indo-European roots.]The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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