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| trib·u·la·tion [ trìbbyə láysh'n ] (plural trib·u·la·tions) |
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1. hardship: great difficulty, affliction, or distress
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2. cause of suffering: something that causes great difficulty, affliction, or distress, e.g. an ordeal
  the trials and tribulations of the struggling author
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| [13th century. Via French< ecclesiastical Latin tribulation- < Latin tribulare "afflict, press" < tribulum "threshing tool" < terere "rub"] |
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