au·to·ceph·a·lous (ô′tə-sĕfə-ləs)
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Tweet adj. Christianity Having a head bishop who is not responsible to any higher-ranking ecclesiastical authority. Used of churches in the Eastern Orthodox communion. [From Byzantine Greek autokephalos : auto-, auto- + kephalos, head; see ghebh-el- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] auto·ceph′a·ly (-lē) n. |
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