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Definition of Stoning

1. Noun. The act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death).

Definition of Stoning

1. Noun. Lapidation: punishment by throwing stones, usually resulting in death ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of stone#Verb stone) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stoning

1. stone [v] - See also: stone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stoning

Literary usage of Stoning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1856)
"stoning was denounced against idolaters, blasphemers, sabbath-breakers, incestuous persons, witches, wizards, and children who either cursed their parents ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"The question is interesting—what is the source of stoning as a punishment imposed by the governing body? The practise of stoning ..."

3. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1918)
"stoning is the only form of capital punishment recognized in the Mosaic Law. ... Wherever stoning is not explicitly stated to be the mode of execution, ..."

4. The Life and Work of St. Paul by Frederic William Farrar (1902)
"In the cose of a convicted blasphemer the death assigned by the Law was stoning, and in Leviticus it is ordained that the witnesses should lay their hands ..."

5. Jewelry Making and Design: An Illustrated Text Book for Teachers, Students by Augustus Foster Rose, Antonio Cirino (1917)
"stoning el applied, and again fired. The enamel may be left just as it comes from the kiln or it may be stoned down level with the surface of the metal. ..."

6. The Suburban Horticulturist, Or, An Attempt to Teach the Science and by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"Thinning and stoning, í¡c.—When the fruit is fairly set, it should be thinned out with the grape scissors, removing from one-fourth to one- third of the ..."

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