Meaning of decollation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of beheading someone.
   countable, uncountable
2. A picture of a decapitation, especially of the head of St John the Baptist on a charger.
   countable, uncountable
3. The festival of the Baptist, celebrated on 29 August.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“She was borne Jan. 29ᵗʰ, morning, scil. the day before the anniversary-day of the king's [Charles I of England] decollation.”

“His Majeſty K. Ch. the firſt; to whoſe body after his decollation in the latter end⟳ of Jan. 1648 he put⟳ his hands to open⟳ and embalm, and when that was done, he ſewed his head to his body”

“The epoch of the Martyrs here [in Cordova] began with the decollation of the priest Perfecto, in 850.”

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