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Encyclopedia > Stake
Look up Stake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
  • A stake is a long, pointed object thrust into the ground. Stakes have many applications, such as demarcating a small plot of land, anchoring guy ropes for a tent or other portable structure, or slowly releasing fertilizer to aid the growth of plants.
  • In folklore and mythology, a wooden stake, along with a silver bullet, have special powers to kill monsters. See Vampire; Werewolf.
  • In the LDS church, a stake is an organizational unit made up of several local congregations, led by a Stake President. See Stake (Mormonism).
  • In Christianity, a stake was a pole to which people accused of heresy or witchcraft were tied and "burned at the stake". See Execution by burning.
  • In gambling, a stake is the quantity of money or other goods that is risked on the outcome of some specific event.
  • According to the belief of Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus was impaled on a single-beamed "stake" (which would be referred to as a "torture stake" (the greek stau·ros´) in the "New World Translation" Bible. This is opposed to the double-beamed cross or crucifix.)
  • A stake is a polished iron shape, very firmly mounted, used by silversmiths in the manner of a blacksmith's anvil.

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