decapitation

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Archaeologist Michelle Bonogofsky, editor of the textbook “The Bioarchaeology of the Human Head: Decapitation, Decoration, and Deformation,” said it is tough to know what purposes the heads served.

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2018

Marriage Survives a Decapitation She is a retired New York City correction officer with a job at a security firm.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2012

Decapitation of error         The pains of sense are salutary, if they wrench away         false pleasurable beliefs and transplant the affections 266:1 from sense to Soul, where the creations of God are good,         "rejoicing the heart."

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker

G. L. Kittredge, "Disenchantment by Decapitation," in Journal of American Folklore, vol. xviii, no.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris

On the festival of the Decapitation of S. John the Baptist, the emperor attended service at the Studion in great state.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander