Dictionary

autocephaly en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɔːtəˈsɛfəli/

Etymology

From autocephalous + -y.

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

autocephalous

Translations (18)

hu autokefália (the organisational independence of a church) · af outokefalie (the organisational independence of a church) · uk автокефалія (the organisational independence of a church) · es autocefalia (the organisational independence of a church) · la autocephalia (the organisational independence of a church) · ka ავტოკეფალია (the organisational independence of a church) · pl autokefalia (the organisational independence of a church) · hy ինքնագլխություն (the organisational independence of a church) · ro autocefalie (the organisational independence of a church) · it autocefalia (the organisational independence of a church) · fi autokefalia (the organisational independence of a church) · hy ավտոկեֆալություն (the organisational independence of a church) · el αυτοκεφαλία (the organisational independence of a church) · ja 独立正教会 (the organisational independence of a church) · de Autokephalie (the organisational independence of a church) · cmn 自主教會 /自主教会 (the organisational independence of a church) · fr autocéphalie (the organisational independence of a church) · ru автокефа́лия (the organisational independence of a church)