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lapidation

Meaning of "lapidation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LAPIDATION

ˌlæpɪˈdeɪʃən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAPIDATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lapidation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LAPIDATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Stoning

Stoning, or lapidation, is a form of capital punishment whereby a group throws stones at a person until death ensues. No individual among the group can be identified as the one who kills the subject. This is in contrast to the case of a judicial executioner. Slower than other forms of execution, stoning is a form of execution by torture. Stoning remains a legal form of judicial punishment in Iraq, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Northern Nigeria, Aceh in Indonesia, and Pakistan; although several other countries practice extrajudicial stoning, while several others have sentenced people to death by stoning, but have not carried out the sentences. In modern times, allegations of stoning are politically sensitive, as in case of Iran, which describes such allegations as political propaganda.

Definition of lapidation in the English dictionary

The definition of lapidation in the dictionary is stoning.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAPIDATION

accommodation · commendation · consolidation · degradation · dilapidation · exudation · foundation · gradation · intimidation · liquidation · oxidation · peroxidation · predation · recommendation · retardation · revalidation · sedation · sudation · trepidation · validation

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAPIDATION

lapidarian · lapidaries · lapidarist · lapidary · lapidate · lapideous · lapidescence · lapidescent · lapidicolous · lapidific · lapidification · lapidified · lapidifies · lapidify · lapidist · lapilli · lapilliform · lapillus · lapin · lapis

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAPIDATION

accreditation · action · administration · animation · application · association · certification · citation · combination · communication · confirmation · conversation · corporation · creation · decoration · destination · documentation · duration · education · evaluation · excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of lapidation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lapidation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAPIDATION

Find out the translation of lapidation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of lapidation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lapidation» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

投石
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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lapidación
570 millions of speakers
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English

lapidation
510 millions of speakers
hi

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lapidation
380 millions of speakers
ar

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رجم
280 millions of speakers
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lapidation
278 millions of speakers
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lapidation
270 millions of speakers
bn

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lapidation
260 millions of speakers
fr

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lapidation
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Lapidation
190 millions of speakers
de

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Steinigung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

投石
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

lapidation
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Lapidation
85 millions of speakers
vi

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lapidation
80 millions of speakers
ta

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lapidation
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

लॅपिडेशन
75 millions of speakers
tr

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lapidasyon
70 millions of speakers
it

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lapidazione
65 millions of speakers
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lapidation
50 millions of speakers
uk

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lapidation
40 millions of speakers
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lapidare
30 millions of speakers
el

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lapidation
15 millions of speakers
af

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steniging
14 millions of speakers
sv

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stening
10 millions of speakers
no

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lapidation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lapidation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAPIDATION»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lapidation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAPIDATION»

Discover the use of lapidation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lapidation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Japanese Mythology and the Primeval World: A Comparative ...
This brings up the religious custom of lapidation: putting people out of this world by stoning them unto death. Lapidation is a motif appearing in Thompson's Index (Motif Q422). Its earliest written reference is Sumerian (Kramer 1972: 79), and in  ...
Peter Metevelis, 2009
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The Solitary Self: Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Exile and Adversity
THE. LAPIDATION. On 13 February 1765 the clergy of Neuchatel, assembled in their Venerable Classe, called on the government of the principality to suppress the Letters from the Mountain and forbid the projected publication of Rousseau's  ...
Maurice Cranston, 1997
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The Hedaya, Or Guide: A Commentary on the Mussulman Laws
Analogy would suggest, in this case, that retaliation is incurred, as the slayer has killed an innocent person without cause : but the reasons for a more favourable construction of the law are twofold; Fihst, the Kazee's sentence of lapidation was,  ...
ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr Marghīnānī, Standish Grove Grady, 1870
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The Hedaya, Or Guide: a Commentary on the Mussulman Laws: ...
One of sour IF four witnesses give evidence against a man, that he has committed whoredom, and he suffer lapidation, and one of the witnesses afterwards retract, punishment for flander is to be inflicted upon him alone, and he is also ...
'Abu-l-Hasan Burhan-al-din 'Ali ibn 'Abi Bakr al-Marginani, Charles Hamilton, Yahya Gulam, 1791
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First Encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936
We may imagine that these 'Arai did not follow the customs of the KuraisJb and that Muhammad had neither the time nor the inclination to impose his own choice between the varying customs. Muhammad began with the lapidation at al- Akaba  ...
‎1993
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Islamic Bioethics: Problems and Perspectives: Problems and ...
117 and 119 regulates the conditions for lapidation: the man must be buried in a pit up to his waist and the woman up to her bust. The stones must not be too big in order to avoid one or two being sufficient to kill, nor too small. 112 The number  ...
Dariusch Atighetchi, 2006
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Journeys in Holy Lands: The Evolution of the Abraham-Ishmael ...
He returns to Mina for another lapidation (4/14). 45 At this point or at any point in the account after going to the plain of 'Arafat, renditions may end with the note that Abraham continues and finishes the Hajj (9/14). When he is finished, ...
Reuven Firestone, 1990
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Islamic Concept of Crime and Justice
Her case was then forwarded to the Sultan who, being satisfied with the kotwal's findings, ordered for her lapidation.29 Mughal Court of Iastice The term ziiw' includs both adultery and fornication, but a difference was observed in the ...
N. Hanif, 1999
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Museum of painting and sculpture or collection of the ...
LAPIDATION. DE. SAINT. ETIENNE. C'est à tort qu'on a regardé ce tableau comme représentant la mort de saint Etienne le jeune, moine du yin" siècle ; rien ne caractérise ce personnage, car on sait que le moine Etienne, craignant qu' après ...
Jean Duchesne, Etienne Achille Reveil, 1829
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The English School: A Series of the Most Approved ...
LAPIDATION. DE. SAINT. ETIENNE. T,,v mort de ce premier martyr est rapportée dans le VIIe. chapitre des Actes des apôtres. «... Mais lui étant rempli » du Saint- Esprit, et ayant les yeux attachés au ciel, vit la » gloire de Dieu, et Jésus étant à ...
George Hamilton (writer on art.), 1832

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAPIDATION»

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I am grateful to my surgeon for saving one of my limbs when a mob …
Stoning, or lapidation, has in history been a popular way of killing. The Sanhedrin did it to St Stephen and in Saudi Arabia stoning is the ... «Spectator.co.uk, Apr 15»
2
Ben Affleck n'assume pas le passé esclavagiste de son ancêtre …
Sauf que dans le monde d'aujourd'hui, un monde où le nouveau sport à la mode c'est le dénigrement et la cyber-lapidation, un monde où le ... «Le Huffington Post, Apr 15»
3
Bloc-notes : la peur, arme de l'islam radical en France
Et c'est ainsi qu'au 21 siècle, on se traine encore des notions de femme-objet, de polygamie, de lapidation, d'esclavage, de juifs et de croisés ... «Le Figaro, Mar 15»
4
Ces hommes qui lapident les femmes… par l'Abbé Arbez
On sait aussi que la lapidation n'était déjà plus pratiquée au temps de Jésus. Ce n'est pas au nom d'une nouvelle religion que Jésus prend ... «Dreuz Info, Feb 15»
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Imams radicaux à Montréal: ils trouvent une autre salle
L'imam Omar Shahin est un fervent promoteur de la charia, la loi islamique qui prévoit notamment la lapidation en cas d'adultère. Selon lui, les ... «Canoë, Feb 15»
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L'imam Chaoui nie être un agent de radicalisation
Il a notamment défendu l'amputation des mains des voleurs, l'interdiction de la musique pour les fidèles et la lapidation des personnes ... «LaPresse.ca, Feb 15»
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Et maintenant, un moratoire sur la loi de 1905
Comme pour celui de la lapidation des femmes, cher à Tariq Ramadan ? En voilà, une idée quelle est bonne ! D'ailleurs, « un moratoire sur la ... «Boulevard Voltaire, Jan 15»
8
Un royaume et ses rouages
... classique de la période entre les 8e et Xe siècles et comportant des peines comme la décapitation, l'amputation, la flagellation, la lapidation. «Le Devoir, Jan 15»
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Je suis féministe, je suis Charlie
... prix fort : restrictions de liberté (soumission totale à une autorité masculine, père, frère ou mari), interdits, sanctions (répudiation, lapidation…) ... «Sisyphe, Jan 15»
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Qu'est-ce que le jihad suprême selon les authentiques musulmans?
Décapitation d'apostats au royaume wahabbite, lapidation d'adultères en République théologique d'Iran. Flagellation, emprisonnement et ... «Le Huffington Post Quebec, Jan 15»
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