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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tribulation /ˌtrɪbjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

▶noun a cause of great trouble or suffering.

■ great trouble or suffering.

– origin ME: via OFr. from eccles. L. tribulatio(n-), from L. tribulare ‘press, oppress’, based on terere ‘rub’.

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