acephalist

English

Etymology

acephal +‎ -ist

Noun

acephalist (plural acephalists)

1. (obsolete) One who acknowledges no head or superior
   • 1653, John Gauden, Hieraspistes:

     we must not therefore suffer these Acephalists, these circulators and beggars to perswade us […]

Anagrams

• caliphates, cataphiles, chaptalise