autocephaly
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 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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[edit]Translations
[edit]the organisational independence of a church
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