autocephalyn.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈsɛfəli/, /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈsɛfl̩i/, /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈkɛfəli/, /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈkɛfl̩i/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊˈsɛfəli/, /ˌɔdəˈsɛfəli/, /ˌɑdoʊˈsɛfəli/, /ˌɑdəˈsɛfəli/ Christian Church.
Esp. among Eastern Orthodox Churches: the state or condition of having a presiding bishop, etc., who is independent of external jurisdiction.
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1858 T. Greenwood Cathedra Petri II. v. ii. 450 The obnoxious grant of Constans II. was reversed by his successor: he cancelled the claim of autocephaly.
1893 A. Rutherfurd tr. W. Moeller Hist. Christian Church II. vii. 85 The Patriarch of Aquileia (Venetia and Istria), who had settled on the island of Grado since the Lombard invasion, adhered to his schism and autocephaly.
1935 Church Hist. 4 107 The Orthodox church of Cyprus, which was granted the right of autocephaly at the Council of Ephesus in 431, and has retained it ever since.
1980 T. Ware Orthodox Church (rev. ed.) ix. 185 This grant of autocephaly has not yet been recognized by Constantinople, or by most of the other Orthodox Churches.
2004 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 3 Nov. 3 Macedonia, then a republic of Yugoslavia, declared independence, or ‘autocephaly’, from the Serbian Orthodox Church.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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