TRIAL BY ORDEAL

• (noun) 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

  synonyms : ordeal

  He was subjected to a trial by ordeal. -added by naila_inlas

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