autocephaly

English

Etymology

autocephalous +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɔːtəˈsɛfəli/

Noun

autocephaly (countable and uncountable, plural autocephalies)

1. (Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.

Derived terms

• autocephalous

Translations

the organisational independence of a church

• Afrikaans: outokefalie
• Armenian: ինքնագլխություն (hy) (inkʻnaglxutʻyun), ավտոկեֆալություն (avtokefalutʻyun)
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• Finnish: autokefalia (fi)
• French: autocéphalie
• Georgian: ავტოკეფალია (avṭoḳepalia)
• German: Autokephalie (de) f
• Greek: αυτοκεφαλία (el) f (aftokefalía)
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• Hungarian: autokefália
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• Russian: автокефалия (ru) f (avtokefalija)
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• Ukrainian: автокефалія f (avtokefalija)