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Definition of Ordalium
1. resolving a disputed question by divination [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ordalium
Literary usage of Ordalium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal by Yorkshire Archaeological Society (1875)
"... varied according to the nature of the crime and other circumstances. If the
piece of iron weighed one pound, it was termed ordalium. simplex ; if two, ..."
2. The Yorkshire Archæological and Topographical Journal by Yorkshire Archaeological Society (1875)
"Any., 3U Glta*, sv ordalium; and the xiv. L ancient Laws, particularly those of
Eil- Mt Spelman, Gloss., av Loda, where inund, ..."
3. A Collection of Tracts and Treatises Illustrative of the Natural History by James Hewitt Lifford (1860)
"... genus priscis legibus receptum, ordalium dictum, cuius species erant Fer- ritm
... ordalium equidem jam diu ..."
4. The Table Talk of John Selden by John Selden, Richard Milward (1892)
"ordalium was a trial, and was either by going over 1 The best way for a pious
man, &c. ... ordalium was a trial] There were several forms of the ordeal. ..."
5. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1793)
"... there was a trial, in criminal cafes, ^£\a_ *-* called ordalium, and in the Saxon
... that which all appear in Lambard, verbo ordalium, with all the ..."
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