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Definition of Autocephalous
1. a. Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.
Definition of Autocephalous
1. Adjective. (Christianity of a church or bishop) Self-governing or autonomous: independent of other episcopal jurisdiction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Autocephalous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Autocephalous
1. Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches. Origin: Gr. Independent; self + head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Autocephalous
Literary usage of Autocephalous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"3 of the constitution of 1901, has the same dogmas as the Eastern Ecumenical
Church, but is independent and autocephalous. The Eastern Orthodox confession ..."
2. The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries by Adolf von Harnack (1908)
"... two neighbouring cities of Isaura nova and Corna had bishops at an earlier
period, " but were submerged in the great autocephalous bishoprics of Isaura ..."
3. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"The Ukrainian autocephalous Orthodox Church was founded in 1918 as a reaction of
many Orthodox believers to what they regarded as the Russification of the ..."
4. Report of the Commission Appointed by the Government of Palestine to Inquire by Anton Bertram (1921)
"From bishops they came to be called archbishops and presidents of the autocephalous
churches which were formed round these cities. ..."
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