autocephaly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
autocephalous + -y
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
autocephaly (countable and uncountable, plural autocephalies)
- (Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.
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Translations[edit]
the organisational independence of a church
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