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Definition of Stoning

Stoning
Stone Stone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoning.] [From Stone, n.: cf. AS. st?nan, Goth. stainjan.] 1. To pelt, beat, or kill with stones. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. --Acts vii. 59. 2. To make like stone; to harden. O perjured woman! thou dost stone my heart. --Shak. 3. To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins. 4. To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar. 5. To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.

Meaning of Stoning from wikipedia

- practically unenforceable. Although stoning is not mentioned in the Quran, classical Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) imposed stoning as a hadd (sharia-prescribed)...
- The Stoning of the Devil (Arabic: رمي الجمرات ramy al-jamarāt, lit. "throwing of the jamarāt [place of pebbles]") is part of the annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage...
- "The Stoning of Soraya M." Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 16, 2019. "The Stoning of Soraya M." Metacritic. Retrieved November 26, 2016. The Stoning of...
- stoning..." Iran officially placed a moratorium on stoning in 2002 but still gives leeway to individual judges to sentence rajm. Sentences of stoning...
- E. (2007) The Bloodied Stone: Execution by Stoning International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran End Executions by Stoning - An Appeal AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL...
- Since 2020, stoning is no longer a legal method for carrying out executions following an amendment to the Federal Penal Code. Before 2020, stoning was the...
- Ultimate Bliss Stoners, industrial stonecutters who worked the limestone quarries of southern Indiana A person who throws stones during a stoning Pennsylvania...
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- the 2008 film The Stoning of Soraya M., about a woman whose husband falsely accuses her of adultery, resulting in her death by stoning. In addition she...