Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
stumbling-block .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A stumbling-block.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
stumbling block .
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Examples
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They lay the foundation of their obedience in a quagmire, whose bottom should have been digged into; and stumble at the stumbling-stone, in their first attempt to walk with God.
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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Jesus Christ is "a stumbling-stone and a rock of offence" unto the world.
Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ 1616-1683 1965
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As it is written: Behold I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone and a rock of scandal.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 52: Romans The Challoner Revision
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As it is written: Behold I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone and a rock of scandal.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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As it is written: Behold I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone and a rock of scandal.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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Even his stumbling-stone Dud was removed to another college, his father having been ordered to a Western post.
Killykinick 1888
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She was a stumbling-stone, or an ensample, according to the temper and disposition and character of her contemporaries, and she is the same to-day.
Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings Alexander Whyte 1878
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Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were -- rather simply, "as" by the works of the law -- as if it were thus attainable, which justification is not: Since, therefore, it is attainable only by faith, they missed it. for -- it is doubtful if this particle was originally in the text. they stumbled at that stumbling-stone -- better, "against the stone of stumbling," meaning Christ.
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Here is the stumbling-stone on which youth of both sexes have been stumbling, time immemorial; and on which, I fear, many will be likely to stumble for some time to come.
The Young Woman's Guide William A. Alcott 1824
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Filled with horror, they have sent me to you to sound your views and decide your fate; but though they are powerful enough to clear a stumbling-stone out of the young man's way, they are merciful.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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