1. stoning - Noun
2. stoning - Verb
of Stone
Source: Webster's dictionaryAmnesty International, when condemning stoning legislation that targets adultery, among other acts, has referred to "acts which should never be criminalized in the first place, including consensual sexual relations between adults". Source: Internet
Capital punishment for apostasy in Islam and stoning to death in Islam are controversial topics. Source: Internet
However, Rabbinic law limited capital punishment to just 4 methods of execution: stoning, burning, strangulation, and decapitation, while the passage in Deuteronomy was interpreted as an obligation to hang the corpse on a tree as a form of deterrence. Source: Internet
For instance, someone who has committed a sin punishable by stoning might fall off a roof, or someone who ought to be executed by strangulation might drown. Source: Internet
Outside the stoning area, Eric Idle plays a stone salesman with a snappy pitch called Harry the Haggler. Source: Internet
As many pilgrims prayed after and during the stoning, others were taking pictures on their mobile phones of themselves next to the pillars. Source: Internet