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US
/əˈfɫɪkʃən/
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[ UK /ɐflˈɪkʃən/ ]
[ UK /ɐflˈɪkʃən/ ]
NOUN
- a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health
- a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
- a cause of great suffering and distress
How To Use affliction In A Sentence
- Since the anito is the cause of all bodily afflictions the chief function of the person who battles for the health of the afflicted is that of the exorcist, rather than that of the therapeutist. The Bontoc Igorot
- Let these wives first step into the pyre, tearless without any affliction and well adorned.
- In afflictions, relatives and opponents combine with the ease-loving heart itself in flatteries, which it needs strong faith to overcome. yourselves know -- We always candidly told you so (1Th 3: 4; Ac 14: 22). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
- The commandments that they propagate to prevent cancer highlight the importance of diet in warding off the affliction.
- Yet this is not all: they are proud still, and therefore they do not seek unto God (Ps.x. 4), or, if they do cry unto him, therefore he does not give answer, for he hears only the desire of the humble (Ps.x. 17) and delivers those by his providence whom he has first by his grace prepared and made fit for deliverance, which we are not if, under humbling afflictions, our hearts remain unhumbled and our pride unmortified. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
- Victims of lathyrism, "crawlers", are numerous among the poor in Ethiopia, India, Bangladesh and Nepal where the affliction remains a present threat. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
- If thy disease be continuate and painful to thee, it will not surely last: and a light affliction, which is but for a moment, causeth unto us a far more excellent and eternal weight of glory, 2 Cor. iv. Anatomy of Melancholy
- A catchall term for a host of afflictions including Lupus and MS, autoimmune disorders treat the body's organs and normal functions as enemy invaders.
- Larsen: People who are really creative do use the term affliction, because it is like a daimon that has hold of you and it's where your energy comes from. Interview with Stephen Larsen, author, THE FUNDAMENTALIST MIND
- The apostle says not (remarks Calvin nobly) "What," but "Who," just as if all creatures and all afflictions were so many gladiators taking arms against the Christians [Tholuck]. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible