Definition of "gazingstock" [gaz•ing•stock]

• An object, event or person that is stared at (or gazed at) by many people. (noun)

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• "Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used."
• "And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock."
• "¶ But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used."