STUMBLING-BLOCK, STUMBLING-STONE noun [stumble and block or stone.] Any cause of stumbling; that which causes to err. We preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness. 1 Corinthians 1:1. This stumbling stone we hope to take away.
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