{"def":{"short":"the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively","long":["the head, both of men and often of animals","metaphorically anything supreme, chief, prominent",["of persons, master lord: of a husband in relation to his wife","of Christ: the Lord of the husband and of the Church","of things: the corner stone"]]},"deriv":"from the primary κάπτω (in the sense of seizing)","pronun":{"ipa":"kɛ.fɑˈle","ipa_mod":"ce̞.fɑˈle̞","sbl":"kephalē","dic":"keh-fa-LAY","dic_mod":"kay-fa-LAY"},"comment":"Since the loss of the head destroys life, this word is used in the phrases relating to capital and extreme punishment."}