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| Russian | English |
| испытание веры | act of faith |
| испытание кипящей водой | ordeal of boiling water Plunging the hand into hot water either up to the wrist or elbow and guilt was presumed if the skin was injured |
| испытание крестом | ordeal of the cross The accuser and accused stood upright before a cross and he who moved first was adjudged guilty |
| испытание крестом | Judgment of the Cross An ordeal when the plaintiff and defendant were required to cross their arms upon their breast, and he who could hold out the longest gained the suit |
| испытание поединком | ordeal of battle (The accused was obliged to fight his accuser) |
| испытание посредством горбушки хлеба | ordeal of the corsned (Swallowing a piece of bread "consecrated for exorcism") |
| испытание посредством огня | ordeal of fire |
| испытание посредством огня | ordeal by fire |
| испытание посредством прикосновения к трупу | ordeal of the bier (A suspected murderer was required to touch the corpse and was deemed guilty if blood flowed from the body) |
| испытание посредством сита и ножниц | ordeal by sieve and shears The points of the shears were stuck in the wooden rim of the sieve and two persons supported it upright with the tips of their two fingers. Then a verse of the Bible was read aloud, and St. Peter and St. Paul were asked if the guilty person was A or B. When the guilty person was named the sieve would suddenly turn round |
| испытание священников Св. Причащением | ordeal of the Eucharist (It was believed that if the guilty partook of the sacrament divine punishment would follow) |
| испытание смертью | trial of death (aspss) |
| испытание совести | examination of conscience (в Римско-Католической Церкви denghu) |
| испытание совести | examen (в Римско-Католической Церкви denghu) |
| испытание судом Божиим | trial by ordeal |
| испытание холодной водой | ordeal by cold water (The accused was bound and tossed into water; if he floated he was guilty) |
| кора ядовитого дерева, употреблявшаяся при испытании судом Божиим | ordeal bark |
| мучительное испытание | gut-wrenching trial (Александр Рыжов) |
| служащий для испытания | probational |
| утвердившийся в вере после испытаний | born-again |