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The Definition of the word Bastinado

Bastinado

Beating, a mode of punishment common in the East. It is referred "to by "the rod of correction" (Prov. 22:15), "scourging" (Lev." "19:20), "chastising" (Deut. 22:18). The number of blows could" "not exceed forty (Deut. 25:2, 3)."


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