tribulation
IPA: trɪbjʌɫˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- Any adversity; a trying period or event.
- (Christian eschatology) (A period of) persecution before the Second Coming, lasting seven years, which Christians will experience worldwide which will purify and strengthen them.
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Examples of "tribulation" in Sentences
- He is born during the tribulation.
- The tribulation in the bible is a good thing.
- This will mark the beginning of the great tribulation.
- The year of 2005 brought much tribulation to the band.
- The rapture teaches that Jesus comes before the tribulation.
- By the beginning of the 1960s, economic tribulation had begun.
- It takes place from 38 months to the midpoint of the tribulation.
- This development will mark the beginning of the great tribulation.
- Both of them shared cheerfully the trials and tribulations of life.
- Many interpreters calculate the length of the tribulation at seven years.