Tribulation Meaning
/ˌtɹɪbjʊˈleɪ̯ʃən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAny adversity; a trying period or event.
name(A period of) persecution before the Second Coming, lasting seven years, which Christians will experience worldwide which will purify and strengthen them.
Sentence Examples
The family went through a time of great and bitter tribulation.
Tribulation is a cause of great trouble or extreme suffering.
The family faced many trials and tribulation during the war.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The nation went through a period of ____ during the long and brutal war.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
They were eventually able to succeed after facing many a ____ and difficult challenge during their long journey today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English tribulation, from Old French tribulacion, from Late Latin trībulātiō (“distress, trouble, tribulation, affliction”), from Latin tribulāre (“to press, probably also thresh out grain”), from trībulum (“a sledge consisting of a wooden block studded with sharp pieces of flint or with iron teeth, used for threshing grain”), from terēre (“to rub”); see trite.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer"
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 12:12:
"And mark me, brother! not in the proudest days of the mitred Abbey, was a Superior ever chosen, whom his office shall so much honour, as he shall be honoured, who now takes it upon him in these days of tribulation."
— 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 276:
"Essentially stoic, passive characters, Kristina and the others triumph by surviving — by outliving their plagues and tribulations."
— 2009 September 24, Richard Corliss, “Kristina: A new musical from the ABBA guys”, in Time, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2016:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The nation went through a period of ____ during the long and brutal war.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
They were eventually able to succeed after facing many a ____ and difficult challenge during their long journey today.