"autocephalous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɔːtə(ʊ)ˈsɛfələs/ Forms: more autocephalous [comparative], most autocephalous [superlative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὐτοκέφαλος (autoképhalos), from αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). By surface analysis, auto- + -cephalous. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|αὐτοκέφαλος}} Ancient Greek αὐτοκέφαλος (autoképhalos), {{m|grc|αὐτο-||self-}} αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”), {{m|grc|κεφαλή||head}} κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”), {{surf|en|auto-|-cephalous}} By surface analysis, auto- + -cephalous Head templates: {{en-adj|-|more}} autocephalous (not generally comparable, comparative more autocephalous, superlative most autocephalous)
  1. (Christianity, of a church) Fully independent of the authority of any other church. Tags: not-comparable, usually Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-autocephalous-en-adj-en:_of_a_church__independent Topics: Christianity
  2. (Christianity, of a bishop) Presiding over an autocephalous church. Tags: not-comparable, usually Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-autocephalous-en-adj-pBAtXIzc Topics: Christianity
  3. (comparable) Independent; not governed by others. Tags: comparable, not-comparable, usually Synonyms: self-determined, self-directed, self-governing Translations ((of a church) independent): ինքնագլուխ (inkʻnaglux) (Armenian), ավտոկեֆալ (avtokefal) (Armenian), аўтакефа́льны (aŭtakjefálʹny) (Belarusian), автокефа́лен (avtokefálen) (Bulgarian), autocèfale (Catalan), 自主 (zìzhǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), autokefalní (Czech), autokefal (Danish), autokefaalinen (Finnish), autocéphale (French), ავტოკეფალიური (avṭoḳepaliuri) (Georgian), ავტოკეფალური (avṭoḳepaluri) (Georgian), autokephal (German), αυτοκέφαλος (aftokéfalos) (Greek), autocefalo (Italian), autocephalus (Latin), autokefal (Norwegian Bokmål), autokefal (Norwegian Nynorsk), autokefaliczny (Polish), autocéfalo (Portuguese), autocefal (Romanian), автокефа́льный (avtokefálʹnyj) (Russian), autokefálny (Slovak), autocéfalo (Spanish), autokefal (Swedish), автокефа́льний (avtokefálʹnyj) (Ukrainian), hunanbenaethol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-autocephalous-en-adj-tVtlveyO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with auto-, English terms suffixed with -cephalous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 4 76 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with auto-: 24 18 58 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cephalous: 16 9 75 Disambiguation of '(of a church) independent': 28 5 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: acephalous, acephaly, autocephalic, autocephality, autocephaly

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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "avṭoḳepaluri",
      "sense": "(of a church) independent",
      "word": "ავტოკეფალური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(of a church) independent",
      "word": "autokephal"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aftokéfalos",
      "sense": "(of a church) independent",
      "word": "αυτοκέφαλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(of a church) independent",
      "word": "autocefalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "(of a church) independent",
      "word": "autocephalus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "(of a church) independent",
      "word": "autokefal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "(of a church) independent",
      "word": "autokefal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(of a church) independent",
      "word": "autokefaliczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(of a church) independent",
      "word": "autocéfalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "(of a church) independent",
      "word": "autocefal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avtokefálʹnyj",
      "sense": "(of a church) independent",
      "word": "автокефа́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "(of a church) independent",
      "word": "autokefálny"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(of a church) independent",
      "word": "autocéfalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(of a church) independent",
      "word": "autokefal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "avtokefálʹnyj",
      "sense": "(of a church) independent",
      "word": "автокефа́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "(of a church) independent",
      "word": "hunanbenaethol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "autocephalous"
}

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