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Preferred term

Ordeal  

Definition

  • Use for primitive means for determining guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests

Entry terms

  • Trial by ordeal

Notation

  • 113745

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-NFFH3TT3-Z

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