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
   - ordeal

Derived forms: trial by ordeals

Type of: trial

Encyclopedia: Trial by ordeal

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