''Ordeal'' may refer to:
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Trial by ordeal
Trial by ordeal was an ancient judicial practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused was determined by subjecting them to a painful, or at least an unpleasant, usually dangerous experience.
In medieval Europe, like trial by combat, tri ...
, a religious judicial practice to determine "the will of God"
Books
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''Ordeal'' (autobiography), a 1980 autobiography of Linda Lovelace
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''Ordeal'' (trilogy), 1918–1941 novel trilogy by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
* ''Ordeal'', the American title of ''
What Happened to the Corbetts
''What Happened to the Corbetts'' (US title: ''Ordeal'') is a novel by Nevil Shute, a fictional depiction of the effect of aerial bombing on the British city of Southampton, a major maritime centre. It was written in 1938, and published in April ...
'', a 1939 novel by Nevil Shute
Film and television
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''The Ordeal'' (film), a 1922 American silent drama
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"Ordeal" (''UFO''), a 1971 episode of the TV series ''UFO''
* ''Ordeal'', a
1973 American television film for American Broadcasting Company
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''Calvaire'' (film), also known as ''The Ordeal'', a 2004 psychological horror film
*"The Ordeal", an episode of ''Doctor Who'', see ''
The Daleks
''The Daleks'' (also known as ''The Mutants'' and ''The Dead Planet'') is the second serial in the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast on BBC TV in seven weekly parts from 21 December 1963 to ...
''
Other uses
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''Ordeal'' (album), by Skepticism
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Ordeal (horse)
Ordeal was a New Zealand Standardbred racemare. A notable achievement was winning the Rowe Cup, the top event in New Zealand for trotting horses.Ordeal (level of OA membership)
It is important to distinguish between ''awards,'' ''honors,'' and ''membership levels'' in the Order of the Arrow – the honor camping society of the Boy Scouts of America. The Founder's Award, the Red Arrow Award, and the Distinguished Serv ...
, the first degree of membership in the Order of the Arrow, an organization within the Boy Scouts of America
See also
* ''
Erythrophleum suaveolens
''Erythrophleum suaveolens'', also known as the ordeal tree, is a species of flowering plant that can be found across most of tropical Africa. The species are in height, and have a rough and blackish bark. The plants leaves have 2–3 pairs of p ...
'' or ordeal tree, named for its use in a trial by ordeal
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