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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of lapidate.

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Examples

  • Thebais — I have been in the catacombs — caves very curious indeed — we were lapidated by the natives — pebbled to some purpose, I give you my word.

    Saint Ronan's Well 2008

  • Abraham threw the stone at the “Rajim,” — the lapidated one; but there are various traditions upon the subject.

    Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

  • We walked in the direction of an old church, where it is or was the custom for young ladies desirous of being married to throw a stone at the saint, their fortune depending upon the stone's hitting him, so that he is in a lapidated and dilapidated condition.

    Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843

  • We walked in the direction of an old church, where it is or was the custom for young ladies desirous of being married to throw a stone at the saint, their fortune depending upon the stone's hitting him, so that he is in a lapidated and dilapidated condition.

    Life in Mexico Frances Calder��n de la Barca 1843

  • The same lady, several years ago, made an escapade with a Swede, Count Fersen (the same whom the Stockholm mob quartered and lapidated not very long since), and they arrived at an Osteria on the road to Rome or thereabouts.

    Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815

  • _) Misters, like the frog that was being lapidated by thoughtless juveniles, I reply: -- "for you it may be facetious; but to myself it is a devilishly serious affair!"

    Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. F. Anstey 1895

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