单词 | ordalium |
释义 | † ordaliumn. Law. Obsolete. = ordeal n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > trial by ordeal ordealOE ordeal triallOE ordalium1577 judgement of God1672 probation1684 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 269/2 in Chron. I In passyng barefooted ouer certaine hot shares or plough-yrons, according to the lawe Ordalium. 1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 66 A tryall by fyre, whiche is but a species of the ordell; for ordalium was a tryall by fyre and water. a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. vi. §7 With us both the species of Ordalium lasted evidently till King Iohns time. 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 39 As uncertain of effect, as our antiquated law of Ordalium. 1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 57 Ordalium was a Trial; and was either by going over Nine red hot Plough-Shares..or [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1577 |
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