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