tribulation

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from , from ; see trite.

Noun

 * 1) Any adversity; a trying period or event.
 * 2) * 1534, Thomas More, chapter VI, in A Dialoge of Comfort against Tribulacion, Made by Syr Thomas More Knyght, and Set Foorth by the Name of an Hūgariē, not before this Time Imprinted. B.L., London: In aedibus Richardi Totteli, published 1553, 503798044 ; republished as “It Sufficeth not that a Man Have a Desire to be Comforted by God only by the Taking Away of the Tribulation”, in A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation, Made by the Right Virtuous, Wise and Learned Man, Sir Thomas More, sometime Lord Chancellor of England, which He Wrote in the Town of London, A.D. 1534, and entitled thus: A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation, made by an Hungarian in Latin, and Translated out of Latin into French, and out of French into English now Newly Set Forth with Many Places Restored and Corrected. Now Newly Set Forth, with Many Places Restored and Corrected by Conference of Sundry Copies. (English Catholic Library; 3), London:, 61, New Bond Street, 1847,  499142813 , page 23:
 * What wit have we (poor fools) to wit what will serve us, when the blessed Apostle himself in his sore tribulation, praying thrice unto God to take it away from him, was answered again by God in a manner that he was but a fool in asking that request, but that the help of God's grace in that tribulation to strengthen him was far better for him, than to take that tribulation from him?
 * 1) * 1847, Herman Melville, chapter XI, in Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers; London, John Murray, 4988695 ; republished as “Doctor Long Ghost a Wag—One of His Capers”, in Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, 6th edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers 329 & 331 Pearl Street, Franklin Square, 1852,  22323804, page 62:
 * Baltimore's tribulations were indeed sore; there was no peace for him day nor night.
 * 1) * 1944 June 27, Herbert Hoover, speech in Chicago, Illinois, to the 23rd Republican National Convention; quoted in Linda Carol Harms Case, Bold Beliefs in Camouflage: A–Z Briefings: A Valuable Resource Highlighting an Extraordinary Collection of Prayers, Military Quotations, Scripture Verses, Bible Stories, Hymns, and Testimonies, Relevant to Core Values and Keywords Used by Chaplains, Leaders, Veterans, and Other Members of the American Armed Forces, Victoria, B.C.; Neche, N.D.: FriesenPress, January 2013, ISBN 978-1-77097-632-0, page 203:
 * Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die. It is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.
 * 1) * 1944 June 27, Herbert Hoover, speech in Chicago, Illinois, to the 23rd Republican National Convention; quoted in Linda Carol Harms Case, Bold Beliefs in Camouflage: A–Z Briefings: A Valuable Resource Highlighting an Extraordinary Collection of Prayers, Military Quotations, Scripture Verses, Bible Stories, Hymns, and Testimonies, Relevant to Core Values and Keywords Used by Chaplains, Leaders, Veterans, and Other Members of the American Armed Forces, Victoria, B.C.; Neche, N.D.: FriesenPress, January 2013, ISBN 978-1-77097-632-0, page 203:
 * Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die. It is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.

Translations

 * Arabic: مِحْنَة
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ჭირი
 * German:, , , ,
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰, 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: θλῖψις
 * Hungarian:, , szorongattatás,
 * Irish: dólás, treabhlaid, amhluadh, fochaidh , ong
 * Italian:
 * Latin: aerumna
 * Maori: poautinitini, whakapāwera
 * Norwegian:, prøvelse, trengsel
 * Polish:, czas próby,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: trioblaid
 * Serbo-Croatian:, tribulacija, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:, , ,

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) tribulation