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Webster 1913 Edition

Lapidation

Lapˊi-da′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

lapidatio

: cf. F.

lapidation

.]

The act of stoning.

[Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lapidation

LAPIDA'TION

,

Noun.

The act of stoning a person to death.

Definition 2025

lapidation

lapidation

English

Noun

lapidation ‎(plural lapidations)

(law) The practice of or an act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment
- 2007 March 6, “International Women’s Day, another day of repression for women”, in 亚州新闻:
  The five women on trial were almost all activists for the full repeal (not just a moratorium) of lapidation, ie stoning, from Iran’s law books.

Related terms

Translations

act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death

Arabic: رَجْم m ‎(rajm)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 石刑 (zh) ‎(shíxíng), 投石刑 ‎(tóushíxíng), 投石 ‎(tóushí)
Czech: kamenování
Dutch: steniging (nl) f
Finnish: kivittäminen (fi), kivitys (fi)
French: lapidation (fr) f
German: Steinigung (de) f, (from Arabic) Radschm m, Lapidation f
Greek: λιθοβολισμός (el) m ‎(lithovolismós)
Hindi:
Hungarian: megkövezés
Ido: ston-agar

Italian: lapidazione (it) f
Japanese: 石打ち ‎(いしうち, ishi-uchi), 石撃ち ‎(いしうち, ishi-uchi)
Korean: 투석형 ‎(tuseokhyeong) (投石刑)
Latin: lapidatio f
Persian: سنگسار (fa) ‎(sangsâr), رجم (fa) ‎(rajm)
Polish: ukamienowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: lapidação f
Russian: побива́ние камня́ми n ‎(pobivánije kamnjámi), забра́сывание камня́ми n ‎(zabrásyvanije kamnjámi), лапида́ция f ‎(lapidácija), (from Arabic) раджм m ‎(radžm)
Spanish: lapidación (es) f
Swedish: stening (sv) c
Turkish: recm (tr)

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la.pi.da.sjɔ̃/

Noun

lapidation f ‎(plural lapidations)

lapidation