autocephalous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτοκέφαλος (autoképhalos), from αὐτο- (auto-, “auto-”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). Synchronically, auto- +‎ -cephalous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːtə(ʊ)ˈsɛfələs/

Adjective

autocephalous (comparative more autocephalous, superlative most autocephalous)

1. (Christianity, of a church or bishop) Self-governing: independent of other episcopal jurisdiction (to a greater degree than an autonomous church).

Related terms

• autocephality
• autocephaly
• autocephalic

Translations

a self-governing church

• Armenian: ինքնագլուխ (hy) (inkʻnaglux), ավտոկեֆալ (avtokefal)
• Catalan: autocèfale
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自主 (zh) (zìzhǔ)

• Danish: autokefal
• Finnish: autokefaalinen (fi)
• French: autocéphale (fr)
• German: autokephal (de)
• Greek: αυτοκέφαλος (el) m (aftokéfalos)
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• Italian: autocefalo (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: autokefal

  Nynorsk: autokefal

• Polish: autokefaliczny (pl)
• Portuguese: autocéfalo
• Russian: автокефа́льный (ru) (avtokefálʹnyj)
• Spanish: autocéfalo
• Swedish: autokefal (sv)