Trĭb'ū-lā'tion, n.

n. [Fr. tribulation, Pr. trebolacio, tribulacio, Sp. tribulacion, It. tribulazione, Lat. tribulatio, from tribulare, to press, afflict, fr. tribulum, a thrashing-sledge.] That which occasions distress or vexation; severe affliction.

When tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. Matt. xiii. 21.

In the world ye shall have tribulation. John xvi. 33.