autocephalous

Definitions

1. Fully independent of the authority of any other church.
   not-comparable, usually
2. Presiding over an autocephalous church.
   not-comparable, usually
3. Independent; not governed by others.
   comparable, not-comparable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“The defenders of Anglican independence maintain⟳ that there were anciently Churches autocephalous, dependent on no patriarch, and refer⟳ to the Churches of Cyprus as thus constituted, and allege that the British Churches enjoyed the same right of self-government and ordained their own⟳ prelates.”

“Poroshenko's speech was viscerally anti-Russian, and his loudest applause line came when he vowed to establish⟳ an autocephalous (independent from Moscow) Ukrainian Orthodox Church patriarchate.”

“This is the Weberian continuum which stretches between the poles of “autocephalous” (self-organized and managing) and “heterocephalous” (organized and managed by others) occupations. […]In the more autocephalous occupations—the professions; the arts; independent accountants, draftsmen, and the like⟳; independent small and medium businessmen in merchandising, manufacturing, artisanry, and the service trades—effective organization is less feasible.”

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