decapitation

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decapitation

Summary

decapitation is an execution method[1]. decapitation ranks in the top 10% of execution_method entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,475 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • decapitation's instance of is recorded as execution method[3].
  • decapitation's instance of is recorded as cause of death[4].
  • head is named after decapitation[5].
  • decapitation is a type of capital punishment[6].
  • decapitation is a type of execution[7].
  • decapitation is part of hanged, drawn, quartered and decapitated[8].
  • decapitation's Commons category is recorded as Decapitation[9].
  • decapitation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Decapitation[10].
  • decapitation's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • decapitation's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[12].
  • decapitation's related category is recorded as Category:People executed by decapitation[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include execution method[3] and cause of death[4]. Recorded subclass of include capital punishment[6] and execution[7].

Origins

head is named after decapitation[5].

Use and Application

decapitation is part of hanged, drawn, quartered and decapitated[8].

Why It Matters

decapitation ranks in the top 10% of execution_method entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,475 views/month).[2] decapitation has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] decapitation is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Related category Category:People executed by decapitation
    Instance of execution method, cause of death
    Part of hanged, drawn, quartered and decapitated
    Named after head
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536818505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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