Decollation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decollation \De`col*la"tion\, n. [L. decollatio: cf. F.
     d['e]collation.]
     1. The act of beheading or state of one beheaded; --
        especially used of the execution of St. John the Baptist.
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     2. A painting representing the beheading of a saint or
        martyr, esp. of St. John the Baptist.
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