Definitions For Autocephalous

Adjective

{{en-adj, -, more}} {{senseid, en, (of a church) independent}} (Christianity, of a church) Fully independent of the authority of any other church. : {{cot, en, autonomous}} (Christianity, of a bishop) Presiding over an autocephalous church. : {{cot, en, autonomous}} (comparable) independent, independent; not governed by others. : Synonym: self-determined, self-directed, self-governing : {{antonyms, en, heterocephalous}} : {{cot, en, autonomous, semiautonomous, sovereign}}

Usage notes

{{senseno, en, (of a church) independent, uc=yes}} is typically only used in reference to an episcopal church.

Related terms

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Translations

Armenian: ինքնագլուխ, ավտոկեֆալ Belarusian: аўтакефа́льны Bulgarian: автокефа́лен Catalan: autocèfale Chinese: : Mandarin: 自主, tr=zìzhǔ Czech: autokefalní Danish: autokefal Finnish: autokefaalinen French: autocéphale German: autokephal Greek: αυτοκέφαλος, sc=Grek Italian: autocefalo Latin: autocephalus Norwegian: : Bokmål: autokefal : Nynorsk: autokefal Polish: autokefaliczny Portuguese: autocéfalo Romanian: autocefal Russian: автокефа́льный Slovak: autokefálny Spanish: autocéfalo Swedish: autokefal Ukrainian: автокефа́льний Welsh: hunanbenaethol

Etymology

From "self- + κεφαλή, , head. {{surf, en, auto-, -cephalous".