神しん判ぱん

noun

trial by ordeal; Dei judicium

Historical term for a divine judgment method used in medieval Europe and other cultures, where guilt or innocence was determined through painful or dangerous tests believed to be controlled by a deity.

• 中ちゅう世せいヨーロッパでは、神しん判ぱんが裁さい判ばんの手しゅ段だんとして用もちいられた。

  In medieval Europe, trial by ordeal was used as a means of judgment.