sotah

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew סוֹטָה (“adulteress”).

Noun

sotah (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism) An ordeal of a woman drinking priest-cursed bitter liquid to determine if she has committed adultery.
    • 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 796:
      The ordeal of the sotah worked only in an age when people believed in its power to expose the guilty and exonerate the innocent.

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