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Meanings of lapidation in English
Synonyms
Examples for "stoning"
Examples for "stoning"
1
By then the stoning power had been automatically applied within Tuesday's cylinder.
2
Gladly would they have carried it out in the Jewish fashion-bystoning.
3
According to Sharia law, the penalty for adultery was death by stoning.
4
Which incident of nationalists stoning Protestant schoolchildren does Mr Naughton refer to?
5
You know I slept for six hours before getting up for stoning.
Usage of lapidation in English
1
In the background the lapidation of the condemned.
2
As noted earlier a lapidation verse may have formed a part of the Koran, but this is disputed by some scholars.
3
By the way they passed a sward of green, on which sundry little boys were engaged upon the lapidation of a lame duck.
4
Lapidation was instituted at a later stage.
5
("Lapidation" is good; it is much more elegant than "stoning.")
6
Lapidation was essentially the capital punishment of mobs-themode of inflicting death that invariably stamps the offender as an enemy to the populace.
Translations for lapidation
Catalan
Spanish
Lapidation through the time