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Living stone   /lˈɪvɪŋ stoʊn/   Listen
adjective
Living  adj.  
1.
Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed to dead.
2.
Active; lively; vigorous; said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle. " Living hope. "
3.
Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; opposed to stagnant.
4.
Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. "Living light."
5.
Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live. "Then on the living coals wine they pour."
Living force. See Vis viva, under Vis.
Living gale (Naut.), a heavy gale.
Living rock or Living stone, rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. " I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut out of the living rock."
The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive.






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"Living stone" Quotes from Famous Books



... them for the builder's use; but we, as Free and Accepted Masons, are taught to make use of it for the more noble and glorious purpose of divesting our hearts and consciences of all the vices and superfluities of life, thereby fitting our minds as lively and living stone for that spiritual building, that house not made with hands, ...
— The Mysteries of Free Masonry - Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge • William Morgan

... Sun of Righteousness. Thus we read of that worthy Name, that He is, the Great High-priest, the Daysman, the Advocate, Intercessor, Surety, Mercy Seat, the Forerunner, the Rock of Salvation, the Refuge, the Tower, a strong Tower, the Rock of Ages, the Hope of Glory, the Hope of His people, a living Stone. And what else? the Gift of God, the Beloved, the Fountain of Life, Shiloh, He is our Peace, our Redeemer, He is precious, the Amen, the Just Lord, the Bridegroom, the Firstborn from the Dead, Head over all, Head of all principality and power, Heir of all things. He is Captain of ...
— The Lord of Glory - Meditations on the person, the work and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ • Arno Gaebelein

... were not in existence. I was wandering by the parapet of heaven, looking down. But she stood back against the solid wall, under the caper-bush, unobserved and unobserving. She was like a fragment of earth, she was a living stone of the terrace, sun-bleached. She took no notice of me, who was hesitating looking down at the earth beneath. She stood back under the sun-bleached solid wall, like a stone rolled down ...
— Twilight in Italy • D.H. Lawrence



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