Autocephalous

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:58:34

Au`to*ceph"a*lous (?), a. [Gr. independent; self + head.] Eccl. Hist.

Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.

 

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