ppl. a. [f. L. trībulāt-us pa. pple. of trībulāre (see next) + -ED1.] Subjected to tribulation, afflicted.
1682. Dewsbury, Gen. Epist., 6. I Dearly beseech you … that you Watch over the Tender and Tribulated ones.
a. 1715. Nelson, T. à Kempis’ Chr. Exerc., III. xvi. 140. The Comforter of the afflicted and Tribulated.
1858. Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., V. ii. (1872), II. 67. Friedrich’s Sister, Father, Mother, were tribulated, almost heartbroken.
