Search Result for "trial_by_ordeal":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: ordeal, trial by ordeal]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

trial by ordeal
    n 1: 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 [syn: ordeal,
         trial by ordeal]