An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone.
An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.
The death on the Cross of Christ.
The military punishment of being tied to a fixed object, often with the limbs in a stretched position.
The act of beheading someone.
The festival of the Baptist, celebrated on 29 August.
A picture of a decapitation, especially of the head of St John the Baptist on a charger.