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autocephalous

[aw-tuh-sef-uh-luhs]

adjective Eastern Church.

(of a church) having its own head or chief bishop, though in communion with other Orthodox churches.

(of a bishop) subordinate to no superior authority; self-governing.

Origin:
1860–65; < Late Greek autoképhalos having its own head. See auto-¹, -cephalous

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autocephalous (ˌɔːtəʊˈsɛfələs)

—*adj*
1.	(of an Eastern Christian Church) governed by its own national synods and appointing its own patriarchs or prelates
2.	(of a bishop) independent of any higher governing body

autocephalic

—*adj*

auto'cephaly

—n

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