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Plural of ordeal

regular plural

The plural of ordeal is ordeals.

Forms of ordeal

Singularordeal /ɔːˈdiːl/
Pluralordeals /ɔːˈdiːəls/
Countablecountable

Ordeals in a sentence

  • Deconcocted and mixed with certain other barks, sass was used in ritual ordeals to test, punish, or absolve those accused of witchcraft.2006, Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas, Deeper Shades of Purple: Womanism in Religion and Society. From the entry deconcoct

Meaning of ordeal

  1. noun A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.
  2. noun A painful or trying experience.
  3. noun The poisonous ordeal bean or Calabar bean.

Full definition of ordeal

Questions about the plural of ordeal

What is the plural of ordeal?
The plural of ordeal is ordeals.
Is ordeal countable?
Ordeal is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ordeal (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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