AUTOCEPHALOUS


Meaning of AUTOCEPHALOUS in English

[au.to.ceph.a.lous] adj [LGk autokephalos, fr. Gk aut- + kephale head--more at cephalic] (1863): being independent of external and esp. patriarchal authority--used esp. of Eastern national churches -- au.to.ceph.a.ly n

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