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Term: CORSNED
Definition: Corsned is a type of trial that was used a long time ago to determine if someone was guilty or innocent. The accused person had to eat a piece of bread or cheese that a priest had blessed. If the person choked on the food, they were considered guilty. If they didn't choke, they were innocent. This was believed to be a divine way of revealing the truth. Corsned was just one type of ordeal, which was a way of testing someone's guilt or innocence. Ordeals were used in Europe until the 13th century, but they were eventually banned by the church.
CORSNED is a term used to refer to an ordeal of the morsel under ORDEAL. It was a primitive form of trial in which an accused person was subjected to a dangerous or painful physical test, and the result was considered a divine revelation of the person's guilt or innocence.
These examples illustrate how the accused person was subjected to physical tests that were believed to reveal their guilt or innocence. The outcome of the test was considered a divine revelation, and the accused person's fate was determined accordingly.