Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of throwing stones at a person or of striking a person with stones; punishment or execution by stoning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of stoning.
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- noun law The practice of or an act of
stoning , sometimes to the point of death, as punishment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)
Etymologies
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Examples
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The first is of Islamic origin, and has Jamal al-din Afghani and his disciples as precursors, like the puritan Muhammad Abduh, up to the founder of Muslim Brotherhood Hasan al-Bana, whose grandson, Tarek Ramadan, a Muslim born in Europe and with European "education", is continuing with his ambiguous messages, willing to introduce debate about lapidation also in Europe.
Amir Madani: ElBaradei Against the Mummified Power of Pharaoh 2010
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Simply watch his programme on Iranian-funded PRESS-TV and note that he is in favour of "a moratorium on stoning" because he feels that Islamic "scholars" should consider every aspect of whether or not capital punishment by lapidation is cool these days or not.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Bochart (Hierozoicon ii. 854) notices the Avium Avis Ruch and taking the pulli was followed by lapidation on the part of the parent bird.
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But the French text, which is the more fundamental, refers to lapidation, that is, stoning, not "beating."
Jacob T. Levy Jacob T. Levy 2007
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We're hearing references to lapidation in the chatter.
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We're hearing references to lapidation in the chatter.
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This custom of lapidation, in token of hate, is an ancient practice, still common in the East.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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At all other seasons it is almost deserted, in consequence, says popular superstition, of the Rajm or (diabolical) lapidation. 8 Distant about three miles from Meccah, it is
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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Adultery, if detected, would be punished by lapidation according to the rigour of the Koranic law33; and simple immorality by religious stripes, or, if of repeated occurrence, by expulsion from the city.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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This lapidation has sometimes been doubted, and treated as an invention of Rousseau's morbid suspicion.
Rousseau (Volume 1 and 2) John Morley 1880
whichbe commented on the word lapidation
This word sounds more friendly than it is.
August 26, 2008
seanahan commented on the word lapidation
Particularly since it sounds like the opposite of delapidated, which is a negative word. Unfortunately, the two words are roughly opposites, the one being stones falling apart and the other being stones coming together.
August 26, 2008