Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A person or thing gazed at with wonder or curiosity, especially of a scornful kind.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A person or thing gazed at with scorn or abhorrence; an object of curiosity or contempt.
Examples
“And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.”
“ΒΆ But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.”
“On the one hand, our author's first readers had been personally made a gazingstock.”
Our Man In Heaven: An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews
“And on the one hand indeed, by reproaches and tribulations, were made a gazingstock; and on the other, became companions of them that were used in such sort.”
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 65: Hebrews The Challoner Revision
“Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.”
“6. And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.”
“58: 010: 033 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.”
“34: 003: 006 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.”
“32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; 33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.”
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
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