Citations:trial

Noun

 * 1678,, .
 * Fear not the lions, for they are chained, and are placed there for trial of faith where it is, and for discovery of those that had none.
 * 1843, . .
 * "I am sorry, with all my heart, to find you so resolute. We have never had any quarrel, to which I have been a party. But I have made the trial in homage to Christmas, and I'll keep my Christmas humour to the last. So A Merry Christmas, uncle!"