Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Lapidation has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)
The practice of or an act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment
Lapidation is a learned borrowing from the Latin word lapidātiō. It originally referred to the act of stoning someone to death with stones.