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 nohead orsuperior - Dr. Gauden
Etymologies
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acephal + -ist
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Examples
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- Botany, (of plants) lying against something. acephalist
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word acephalist
JM wants to be the CEO of Acephalists Anonymous but doesn’t reckon the Selection Panel knows anything!
March 5, 2009
fbharjo commented on the word acephalist
aheady list??
January 20, 2012