Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the act of pelting with stones;
punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death);
[syn: stoning, lapidation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lapidation \Lap`i*da"tion\, n. [L. lapidatio: cf. F.
lapidation.]
The act of stoning. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lapidation
n 1: the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by
throwing stones at the victim (even unto death) [syn:
stoning, lapidation]