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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

Any cause of stumbling, perplexity, or error.

We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a

stumbling-block

, and unto the Greeks foolishness.

1 Cor. i. 23.

, STUMBLING-STONE,

Noun.

[stumble and block or stone.] Any cause of stumbling; that which causes to err.

We preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness. 1 Corinthians 1.

This stumbling stone we hope to take away.

See also: stumblingblock and stumbling block

stumbling-block ‎(plural stumbling-blocks)

stumbling block — see stumbling block