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   tribulation

   /ˌtrɪbjʊˈleɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a cause of great trouble or suffering: "the tribulations of being a megastar"
   • ▪ a state of great trouble or suffering: "his time of tribulation was just beginning"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin tribulatio(n-), from Latin tribulare ‘press, oppress’, from tribulum ‘threshing board (constructed of sharp points)’, based on terere ‘rub’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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