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The practice or act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stoning
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: corporal punishment
Etymology tree Latin lapidō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin lapidātiōlbor. English lapidation Learned borrowing from Latin lapidātiō.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
رَجْم
(rajm)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Armenian:
քարկոծում
(kʻarkocum)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Azerbaijani:
daşqalaq
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Azerbaijani:
rəcm
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Belarusian:
пабіванне камянямі
(pabivannje kamjanjami)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Bulgarian:
пребиване с камъни
(prebivane s kamǎni)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Catalan:
lapidació
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Chinese Mandarin:
石刑
(shíxíng)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Chinese Mandarin:
投石刑
(tóushíxíng)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Chinese Mandarin:
投石
(tóushí)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Czech:
kamenování
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Dutch:
steniging
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Finnish:
kivittäminen
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Finnish:
kivitys
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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French:
lapidation
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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German:
Steinigung
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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German:
Radschm
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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German:
Lapidation
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Greek:
λιθοβολισμός
(lithovolismós)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Hungarian:
megkövezés
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Ido:
ston-agar
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Italian:
lapidazione
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Japanese:
石打ち
(ishi-uchi)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Japanese:
石撃ち
(ishi-uchi)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Korean:
투석형
(tuseokhyeong)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Latin:
lapidatio
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Macedonian:
каменување
(kamenuvanje)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Persian:
سنگسار
(sangsâr)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Persian:
رجم
(rajm)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Polish:
ukamienowanie
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Portuguese:
lapidação
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Portuguese:
apedrejamento
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Russian:
побива́ние камня́ми
(pobivánije kamnjámi)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Russian:
забра́сывание камня́ми
(zabrásyvanije kamnjámi)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Russian:
лапида́ция
(lapidácija)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Russian:
раджм
(radžm)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Spanish:
lapidación
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Swedish:
stening
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Turkish:
recm
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Turkish:
taşlama
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Ukrainian:
побиття́ камі́нням
(pobyttjá kamínnjam)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Urdu:
سنگسار
(saṅgsār)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death
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Urdu:
رجم
(rajm)
— act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death