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The Ordeal of the bitter water is a test by a supernaturally poisonous concoction mentioned in the Book of Numbers. In the case of a mere suspicion on the part of the husband, not substantiated by l...
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Medieval Sourcebook: Ordeal of Boiling Water, 12th or 13th Century ... FORMULA FOR CONDUCTING THE ORDEAL OF BOILING WATER ... After the ordeal let him take a drink of holy water. Up to the time of the decision regarding the ordeal [a period of three days was allowed to elapse before the hand was examined] it is good thing to...
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Medieval Sourcebook: Ordeal Formuals ... Test of the Cold Water ... The two methods of proof used in early Germanic law were compurgation and ordeal. In compurgation the accused swore to his own innocence together with a group of "oath-helpers." Two typical kinds of ordeal-in their Christianized form-are described in the...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on ordeal by water (trial process), The ordeal by physical test, particularly by fire or water, is the most common. In Hindu codes a wife may be required to pass through fire to prove her fidelity to a jealous husband; ... The ordeal by physical test, particularly by fire or water,
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The low rate of conviction led Ms. Kerr to investigate the techniques of hot iron and cold water. (Ordeal by battle doesn't enter into this, because one of the two must lose.)
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Ordeal by water for primary school out on a limb - IN the forgotten city meet the forgotten school. ... Having a foot of hazardous water in the school was one thing; trying to convince officials it was there seemed like another. "Initially, nobody had any idea how bad our flooding was," he said. "I went on the local radio...
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Ordeal of water. Ordeal of water. Information about Ordeal of water in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... Ordeal of water; ordeal, trial by; order; Order of Merit; Order of the Golden Dawn; ordered pair; Ordericus Vitalis; ordinal number;
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He called the detained personnel "hostages" who had had to endure an unimaginable ordeal; it took him ... There was no going outside, no fresh food, no hot drinks, little fruit and no water to wash with. Punishments included being hooded and having ones hands shackled to the top of the cell door for hours - sometimes days.
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In this type of ordeal, the water was symbolic of the flood of the Old Testament, washing sin from the face of the earth, allowing only the righteous minority to survive. As in the ordeal by fire, a three-day religious rite was held beforehand.
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