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Meanings of behead by order in English

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Usage of behead by order in English
1
He would not fight with the gladiators, so he was beheaded by order of Agrippa.
Pearl-Maiden: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
2
St. James was beheaded by order of King Herod.
Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 / An Explanation of the Baltimore Cat...
3
This was the distinguished Sir Henry, who, in 1658, 'being beheaded by order of the tyrant Cromwell,... was translated to a better place.'
Yorkshire
4
Its commander, Castillo, could offer no resistance; and was subsequently, it is said, beheaded by order of the Duke of Parma for his negligence.
History of the United Netherlands, 1590-92