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Tanghinia
Tanghinia Tan*ghin"i*a, n. [NL.] (Bot.) The ordeal tree. See under Ordeal.
Tanghinia or Cerbera venenata
Ordeal Or"de*al ([^o]r"d[-e]*al), n. [AS. ord[=a]l, ord[=ae]l, a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil, urtheil; orig., what is dealt out, the prefix or- being akin to [=a]- compounded with verbs, G. er-, ur-, Goth. us-, orig. meaning, out. See Deal, v. & n., and cf. Arise, Ort.] 1. An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes. Note: In England ordeal by fire and ordeal by water were used, the former confined to persons of rank, the latter to the common people. The ordeal by fire was performed, either by handling red-hot iron, or by walking barefoot and blindfold over red-hot plowshares, laid at unequal distances. If the person escaped unhurt, he was adjudged innocent; otherwise he was condemned as guilty. The ordeal by water was performed, either by plunging the bare arm to the elbow in boiling water, an escape from injury being taken as proof of innocence, or by casting the accused person, bound hand and foot, into a river or pond, when if he floated it was an evidence of guilt, but if he sunk he was acquitted. It is probable that the proverbial phrase, to go through fire and water, denoting severe trial or danger, is derived from the ordeal. See Wager of battle, under Wager. 2. Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience. Ordeal bean. (Bot.) See Calabar bean, under Calabar. Ordeal root (Bot.) the root of a species of Strychnos growing in West Africa, used, like the ordeal bean, in trials for witchcraft. Ordeal tree (Bot.), a poisonous tree of Madagascar (Tanghinia, or Cerbera, venenata). Persons suspected of crime are forced to eat the seeds of the plumlike fruit, and criminals are put to death by being pricked with a lance dipped in the juice of the seeds.

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- Tanghin (alternatively Tanguen) may refer to several places in Burkina Faso: Five places in Ganzourgou Province: Tanghin, Boudry Tanghin, Méguet Tanghin...
- Cerbera manghas (formerly Cerbera tanghin), commonly known as the sea mango, tangena or bintaro is a small evergreen coastal tree growing up to 12 metres...
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- Tanghin-D****ouri is a department or commune of Kadiogo Province in central Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Tanghin-D****ouri. Tanghin-D****ouri...
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- Tanghin is a village in the Boudry Department of Ganzourgou Province in central Burkina Faso. The village has a po****tion of 437. Burkinabé government...
- Tanghin, Toece is a village in the Toece Department of Bazèga Province in central Burkina Faso. The village has a po****tion of 746. Burkinabé government...
- Tanghin is a town in the Saponé Department of Bazèga Province in central Burkina Faso. The town has a po****tion of 1,292. Burkinabé government inforoute...
- Tanghin-Wobdo is a town in the Sabou Department of Boulkiemdé Province in central western Burkina Faso. It has a po****tion of 1,065. Burkinabé government...
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