单词 | lapidation |
释义 | lapidationn. 1. spec. The punishment of stoning to death. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > stoning stoninga1400 lapidation1611 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Lapidatione, a Lapidation, a stoning. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. v. §3 Gods own messengers [were] punished with the death of seducers, which was lapidation. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 628 Punishments..flaying alive, lapidation, plucking out the eyes. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. xv. 328 A man gathering faggots in a wood was condemned to the punishment of lapidation. 1855 R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah II. xxi. 281 Adultery, if detected, would be punished by lapidation, according to the rigour of the Koranic law. 2. gen. The action or process of throwing stones; pelting with stones. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [noun] > stoning stoninga1400 lapidement1483 lapidation1802 1802 A. Ranken Hist. France II. iv. ii. 291 He was invulnerable by either fire or lions, or popular lapidation. 1844 Foreign Q. Rev. 33 94 The people..treated them to a taste of lapidation. 1879 Temple Bar LVI. 497 The tenants are too hungry to take interest in the lapidation of the devoted animal [a donkey]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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