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)
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自主教會／自主教会 (zìzhǔ jiàohuì)

• Finnish: autokefalia (fi)
• French: autocéphalie
• Georgian: ავტოკეფალია (avṭoḳepalia)
• German: Autokephalie (de) f
• Greek: αυτοκεφαλία (el) f (aftokefalía)
• Hungarian: autokefália
• Italian: autocefalia f
• Japanese: 独立正教会 (どくりつせいきょうかい, dokuritsuseikyōkai)
• Latin: autocephalia f
• Polish: autokefalia (pl) f
• Romanian: autocefalie (ro) f
• Russian: автокефа́лия (ru) f (avtokefálija)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: autocefalia f
• Ukrainian: автокефалія f (avtokefalija)