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1 испытание огнем
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2 ордалии
истор.("суд Божий"; в Средневековье, когда исчерпывались все обыкновенные средства суда, то стороны могли апеллировать к ордалиям; практиковались жребий ( the ordeal by lots), присяга, испытание огнём ( the ordeal by fire), водой ( the ordeal by water), крестом, железом и т. п.; в Англии отменены в 1215-19 за исключением испытания поединком (the ordeal [trial] by battle [by combat], the wager of battle), отменённого в 1818; на Западе окончательно выходят из употребления в 18 в.) ordeals, лат. Dei judicium -
3 испытание посредством огня
Religion: ordeal by fire, ordeal of fireУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > испытание посредством огня
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4 огненная ордалия
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5 идти в огонь и в воду
[itti v ogon' i v vodu]
To go into fire and water.
To submit to any ordeal, to encounter or face the greatest dangers or hardest chances, to be ready to do anything for someone or something.
Cf. To go through fire and water. Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > идти в огонь и в воду
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6 хождение по мукам
книжн.going through purgatory; pilgrimage along the thorny path; ordealСтепан лежал сейчас у костра, глядел в огонь, и перед ним,... проходили все эти месяцы борьбы и хождения по мукам. (Б. Горбатов, Непокорённые) — Now Stepan lay beside the fire staring into the flames, and before his mind's eye there passed... all those months of struggle and pilgrimage along the thorny path.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > хождение по мукам
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Ordeal — Or de*al ([^o]r d[ e]*al), n. [AS. ord[=a]l, ord[=ae]l, a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil, urtheil; orig., what is dealt out, the prefix or being akin to [=a] compounded with verbs, G. er , ur , Goth. us , orig. meaning, out. See {Deal},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ordeal bean — Ordeal Or de*al ([^o]r d[ e]*al), n. [AS. ord[=a]l, ord[=ae]l, a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil, urtheil; orig., what is dealt out, the prefix or being akin to [=a] compounded with verbs, G. er , ur , Goth. us , orig. meaning, out. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ordeal root — Ordeal Or de*al ([^o]r d[ e]*al), n. [AS. ord[=a]l, ord[=ae]l, a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil, urtheil; orig., what is dealt out, the prefix or being akin to [=a] compounded with verbs, G. er , ur , Goth. us , orig. meaning, out. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ordeal tree — Ordeal Or de*al ([^o]r d[ e]*al), n. [AS. ord[=a]l, ord[=ae]l, a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil, urtheil; orig., what is dealt out, the prefix or being akin to [=a] compounded with verbs, G. er , ur , Goth. us , orig. meaning, out. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ordeal — The most ancient species of trial, in Saxon and old English law, being peculiarly distinguished by the appellation of judicium Dei, or judgment of God, it being supposed that supernatural intervention would rescue an innocent person from the… … Black's law dictionary
fire walking — Religious ceremony that involves walking across hot coals, red hot stones, or burning wood. It has been practiced in many parts of the world, including ancient Greece, India, Japan, China, Tahiti, New Zealand, Bulgaria, and Spain. The most common … Universalium
ordeal — n. 1) to undergo an ordeal 2) a terrible, trying ordeal 3) (an) ordeal by fire; water * * * [ɔː diːl] trying ordeal water (an) ordeal by fire a terrible to undergo an ordeal … Combinatory dictionary
Ordeal — A method of trial in which the accused was given a physical test (usually painful and/or dangerous) which could be met successfully only if they were innocent. Eg. Ordeal by fire. ♦ A form of proof in a court of law, by which a divine sign of… … Medieval glossary
ordeal — noun Etymology: Middle English ordal, from Old English ordāl; akin to Old High German urteil judgment, Old English dāl division more at deal Date: before 12th century 1. a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Fire ordeal — Fire Fire (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[=y]r; akin to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[=y]ri, f[=u]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf. {Empyrean}, {Pyre}.] 1. The evolution of light and heat in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ordeal by Innocence — … Wikipedia
