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Definition of Stumbling block
1. Noun. Any obstacle or impediment.
Definition of Stumbling block
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A hindrance, obstacle or impediment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stumbling Block
Literary usage of Stumbling block
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"However, as it proved a stumbling-block to the Greeks. Pope Leo III disapproved
of it; and, though he entirely agreed with the Franks on the question of the ..."
2. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Instead, therefore, of finding the position a stepping-stone to the Presidency,
it proved a stumbling-block to Clay. Though he received the nomination, ..."
3. The Bible in Browning: With Particular Reference to The Ring and the Book by Minnie Gresham Machen (1903)
"G. ... a stumbling-block or an occasion to fall. — Rom. 14: 13. . . . there's Christ
to serve ! —Bk. XI, 1. 647. G. For he that in these things serveth ..."
4. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1902)
"... was the cause of the war, and slavery was the perpetual stumbling-block.
As the war went on, question after question arose — questions that could not be ..."
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