trial by ordeal   (TTS Sound)

The trial_by_ordeal has 1 Senses.

• trial by ordeal, ordeal
• 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
• 被告人に神聖な制御があると信じられていた危険であるか痛みを伴う試験を受けさせて、人の罪の意識または無実を判定する原始の方法