Look up: Tribulation

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   Tribulation
   The `Tribulation` (or ``Great Tribulation``) is an event referred to in the New Testament of the Bible at (`For then shall be great tribulation...` - King James Version) and other passages. In the futurist view of Christian eschatology, the Tribulation is a relatively short period of time where believers will experience worldwide persecution and be purified and strengthened by it. This view was introduced to the modern church by John Nelson Darby...
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   Tribulation
   • (n.) That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction.
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   tribulation
   tribulation 1. Something that causes great difficulty, affliction, or distress; such as, an ordeal: 'I have experienced the trials and tribulations of a struggling lexicographer.' 2. An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or religious faith. 3. Etymology: from Old French tribulacion (12th century), from Late Latin tribulationem, tribulatio, 'dis...
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