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decollation|diːkɒˈleɪʃən|
[a. F. décollation (13th c. in Hatzfeld), ad. L. dēcollātiōn-em, n. of action f. dēcollāre: see prec.]
1. The action of decollating or beheading; the fact of being beheaded; spec. in Obstetric Surg., severance of the head from the body of a fœtus.
Feast of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist: a festival in the Roman, Greek, and other Christian churches in commemoration of the beheading of St. John the Baptist, observed on the 29th of August.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 345 Oþer men telleþ þat it is nouȝt þe feste of þe decollacioun. Ibid. V. 49 (Mätz.) Of the decollacioun of Seint John. 1485Caxton St. Wenefr. 13 The lyf whiche she after hyr decollacion lyued by the space of 15 yere. 1494Fabyan Chron. iii. 462 In this xxv. yere, aboute the feast of the Decollacion of Seynt Iohn Baptyst. 1647Wharton Ireland's War Wks. (1683) 262 The Decollation of Mary Queen of Scots. 1654Vilvain Epit. Ess. vii. 31 A fourth is added of King Charls decollation. 1793W. Hodges Trav. India 91 The grand sacrifice was preceded by the decolation of a kid and a cock, the heads of which were thrown upon the altar. 1848A. Jameson Sacr. & Leg. Art (1850) 131 The decollation of St. Paul. 1884Sala Journey due South i. i. (1887) 18 [He] strenuously denied the painlessness of decollation by the guillotine.
fig.1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. ii. 7 He by a decollation of all hope annihilated his mercy.
2. Conch. The truncating or truncated condition of a spiral shell: see decollated 2.
1866Tate Brit. Mollusks iv. 185 The decollation of the upper whorls of the shells. |