trial by ordeal

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An archaic practice by which a person accused of a crime could prove their innocence by their survival of physically painful tests.
    — Along with trial by ordeal, hanging was the most effective deterrent that could be devised in an age without police or prisons.

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