Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who acknowledges no head or superior; specifically, in ecclesiastical history, one of the Acephali.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who acknowledges no head or superior.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who acknowledges no head or superior - Dr. Gauden

Etymologies

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acephal + -ist

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  • JM wants to be the CEO of Acephalists Anonymous but doesn’t reckon the Selection Panel knows anything!

    March 5, 2009

  • aheady list??

    January 20, 2012