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lapidation|læpɪˈdeɪʃən|
[ad. L. lapidātiōn-em, n. of action f. lapidāre: see prec.]
1. spec. The punishment of stoning to death.
1611Florio. Lapidatione, a Lapidation, a stoning. 1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. ii. v. §3 Gods own messengers [were] punished with the death of seducers, which was lapidation. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 628 Punishments..flaying alive, lapidation, plucking out the eyes. 1830D'Israeli Chas. I, III. xv. 328 A man gathering faggots in a wood was condemned to the punishment of lapidation. 1855R. F. Burton 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.
1802A. Ranken Hist. France II. iv. ii. 291 He was invulnerable by either fire or lions, or popular lapidation. 1844For. Q. Rev. XXXIII. 94 The people..treated them to a taste of lapidation. 1879Temple Bar LVI. 497 The tenants are too hungry to take interest in the lapidation of the devoted animal [a donkey].
fig.1864Sat. Rev. 24 Dec. 766/2 Quite content to await the lapidation that is in store for us from Chairmen and Secretaries. |