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autocephalic

autocephalic adjective: autocephalous.

Adjective

autocephalic (comparative more autocephalic, superlative most autocephalic)

  1. Autocephalous.
    • "Still, he looks very distinguished and venerable in his robes." "Oh Christ, is he an autocephalic archbishop?"2015, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers, →ISBN

Forms of autocephalic

comparativemore autocephalic
superlativemost autocephalic

Origin of autocephalic

From auto- + cephalic.

Questions about autocephalic

What does autocephalic mean?
Autocephalic means autocephalous.
What part of speech is autocephalic?
Autocephalic is an adjective.

Words near autocephalic in the dictionary

  1. autocellular
  2. autocentric
  3. autocentrism
  4. autocentromere
  5. autocephalia
  6. autocephalic
  7. autocephalicity
  8. autocephalies
  9. autocephality
  10. autocephalous
  11. autocephaly

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