living stones

American  

noun

1. any of various succulent plants of the genus Lithops, native to Africa, having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.

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Example Sentences

Whether amongst professing Catholics or amongst the “Friends of God” who stood apart from Rome these living stones were found, there was yet but the one building, the dwelling-place of God.

From Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde Extracts from the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg by Magdeburg, Matilda of

Thus we have the living God, the living Stone, the living stones.

From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by Mackintosh, C. (Charles) H. (Henry)

The apostle does not say, Ye ought to be living stones, and, Ye ought to be holy priests.

From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by Mackintosh, C. (Charles) H. (Henry)

Thus Peter puts it: 'To whom, coming as unto a living stone, ye also as living stones are built up.'

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Maclaren, Alexander

But there is no escaping the mill that grinds slowly and grinds small; and those who refuse to be living stones in the living temple, must be ground into mortar for it.

From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by MacDonald, George