Meaning of cephalophore | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of a group of saints depicted in art carrying heads in their hands.
2. Synonym of cephalopod: a mollusk of the class Cephalopoda.
   obsolete

Examples

“According to William of Worcester, quite a large number of Cornish saints were cephalophores: besides S. Nectan and S. Willow, he tells us that “there were three brothers under the name of Genesius and each one carried his head.””

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