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decollations

decollations is the plural of decollation.

Meaning of decollation

Noun

decollation (countable and uncountable, plural decollations)

  1. The act of beheading someone.
    • She was borne Jan. 29ᵗʰ, morning, scil. the day before the anniversary-day of the king's [Charles I of England] decollation.1669–1696 (date written), John Aubrey, “Deborah Aubrey”, in Andrew Clark, editor, ‘Brief Lives,’ Chiefly of Contemporaries, […], volume I (A–H), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1898...
  2. A picture of a decapitation, especially of the head of St John the Baptist on a charger.
  3. The festival of the Baptist, celebrated on 29 August.

Questions about decollations

What is decollations the plural of?
Decollations is the plural of decollation.

Words near decollations in the dictionary

  1. decollate snails
  2. decollated
  3. decollates
  4. decollating
  5. decollation
  6. decollations
  7. decollator
  8. decollators
  9. decollectivisation
  10. decollectivisations
  11. decollectivization

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