decollationn.

/diːkɒˈleɪʃən/

Etymology: < French décollation (13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin dēcollātiōn-em , noun of action < dēcollāre : see decollate v.¹

1. The action of decollating or beheading; the fact of being beheaded; spec. in Obstetrics, 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.

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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > beheading

beheading?c1225

decollationa1387

headinga1400

fasces1641

decolling1648

decapitation1650

beheadal1859

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 345 Oþer men telleþ þat it is nouȝt þe feste of þe decollacioun.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 49 Of the decollacioun of Seint John.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde 13 The lyf whiche she after hyr decollacion lyued by the space of 15 yere.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cviii^v In this .xxv. yere aboute the Feast of the Decollacion of seynt Iohn Baptyst.

1647 G. Wharton Ireland's War in Wks. (1683) 262 The Decollation of Mary Queen of Scots.

1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. vii. 31 A fourth is added of King Charls decollation.

1793 W. 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.

1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art I. 196 The decollation of St. Paul.

1884 G. A. Sala Journey due South (1887) i. i. 18 [He] strenuously denied the painlessness of decollation by the guillotine.

figurative.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. ii. 7 He by a decollation of all hope annihilated his mercy.

2. Conchology. The truncating or truncated condition of a spiral shell: see decollated adj. 2.

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1866 R. Tate Plain & Easy Acct. Mollusks Great Brit. iv. 185 The decollation of the upper whorls of the shells.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	decollation
释义	decollationn. /diːkɒˈleɪʃən/ Etymology: < French décollation (13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin dēcollātiōn-em , noun of action < dēcollāre : see decollate v.¹ 1. The action of decollating or beheading; the fact of being beheaded; spec. in Obstetrics, 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. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > beheading beheading?c1225 decollationa1387 headinga1400 fasces1641 decolling1648 decapitation1650 beheadal1859 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 345 Oþer men telleþ þat it is nouȝt þe feste of þe decollacioun. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 49 Of the decollacioun of Seint John. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde 13 The lyf whiche she after hyr decollacion lyued by the space of 15 yere. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cviii^v In this .xxv. yere aboute the Feast of the Decollacion of seynt Iohn Baptyst. 1647 G. Wharton Ireland's War in Wks. (1683) 262 The Decollation of Mary Queen of Scots. 1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. vii. 31 A fourth is added of King Charls decollation. 1793 W. 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. 1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art I. 196 The decollation of St. Paul. 1884 G. A. Sala Journey due South (1887) i. i. 18 [He] strenuously denied the painlessness of decollation by the guillotine. figurative.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. ii. 7 He by a decollation of all hope annihilated his mercy. View more context for this quotation 2. Conchology. The truncating or truncated condition of a spiral shell: see decollated adj. 2. ΚΠ 1866 R. Tate Plain & Easy Acct. Mollusks Great Brit. iv. 185 The decollation of the upper whorls of the shells. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1387
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