autocephalous
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Eastern Church.
- : having its own head or chief bishop, though in communion with other Orthodox churches.
- : subordinate to no superior authority; self-governing.
Examples
The Church of Cyprus has been autocephalous since at any rate the oecumenical synod of Ephesus in 431.
The Cretan Church is not, strictly speaking, autocephalous, being dependent on the patriarchate of Constantinople.
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