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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
When tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the
word by and by he is offended. --Matt. xiii.
21.
In the world ye shall have tribulation. --John. xvi.
33.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tribulation
n : an annoying or frustrating 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 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.
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