Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Autocephalous; autonomous.

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Examples

  • "autocephalic" Church (i.e. self-governing) is also tightly connected to the commercial wedding industry; the new permit would also compel a significant change in the business plan.

    Poinography! 2008

  • Noricum, under the bishop of Aquileia, renounced communion with the see of Rome, and became autocephalic.

    A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905

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