sb. rare–1. [Gr. in form, as if n. of action, f. a vb.* ἀκέφαλίζ-ειν, f. ἀκέφαλ-ος headless.] Headlessness.
1611. Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., IX. x. 20. King Edward … would not neglect the aduantage of this Akephalisis, or want of a knowne head in Scotland.
