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Meaning of "autocephaly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AUTOCEPHALY

autocephaly  [ˌɔːtəʊˈsɛfəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AUTOCEPHALY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Autocephaly is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AUTOCEPHALY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

autocephaly

Autocephaly

Autocephaly is the status of a hierarchical Christian church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop. When an ecumenical council or a high-ranking bishop, such as a patriarch or other primate, releases an ecclesiastical province from the authority of that bishop while the newly independent church remains in full communion with the hierarchy to which it then ceases to belong, the council or primate is granting autocephaly. For example, the Cypriot Orthodox Church was granted autocephaly by the Canon VIII Council of Ephesus and is ruled by the Archbishop of Cyprus, who is not subject to any higher ecclesiastical authority, although his church remains in full communion with the other Eastern Orthodox churches. The question of who can grant autocephaly is a controversial issue; notably, the Orthodox Church in America was granted autocephaly by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1970, but was not recognised by most patriarchates.

Definition of autocephaly in the English dictionary

The definition of autocephaly in the dictionary is government by its own national synods and power to appoint its own patriarchs or prelates. Other definition of autocephaly is independence of any higher governing body.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AUTOCEPHALY


awfully
ˈɔːfəlɪ
brachycephaly
ˌbrækɪˈsɛfəlɪ
dolichocephaly
ˌdɒlɪkəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
fruitfully
ˈfruːtfəlɪ
hydrocephaly
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
macrencephaly
ˌmækrənˈsɛfəlɪ
macrocephaly
ˌmækrəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
masterfully
ˈmɑːstəfəlɪ
megacephaly
ˌmɛɡəˈsɛfəlɪ
megalocephaly
ˌmɛɡələʊˈsɛfəlɪ
mesaticephaly
ˌmɛsətɪˈsɛfəlɪ
mesocephaly
ˌmɛsəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
microcephaly
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
Offaly
ˈɒfəlɪ
oxycephaly
ˌɒksɪˈsɛfəlɪ
plagiocephaly
ˌpleɪdʒɪəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
purposefully
ˈpɜːpəsfəlɪ
scaphocephaly
ˌskæfəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
sinfully
ˈsɪnfəlɪ
unmercifully
ʌnˈmɜːsɪfəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AUTOCEPHALY

autocade
autocar
autocarp
autocatalyse
autocatalyses
autocatalysis
autocatalytic
autocatalyze
autocephalic
autocephalous
autochanger
autochthon
autochthonal
autochthonic
autochthonism
autochthonous
autochthonously
autochthony
autocidal
autoclave

WORDS THAT END LIKE AUTOCEPHALY

acromegaly
anencephaly
anomaly
bialy
cardiomegaly
charcoaly
coaly
gravity anomaly
Healy
hepatomegaly
Italy
magnetic anomaly
mealy
mean anomaly
orthocephaly
paly
scaly
shaly
splenomegaly
Thessaly

Synonyms and antonyms of autocephaly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «autocephaly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AUTOCEPHALY

Find out the translation of autocephaly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of autocephaly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «autocephaly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

autocephaly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

autocephaly
570 millions of speakers

English

autocephaly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

autocephaly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بالمذاهب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

автокефалия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

autocephaly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

autocephaly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

autocéphalie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Autocephaly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Autokephalie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

独立自治
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

autocephaly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Autocephaly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

autocephaly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தானே தலைமை வகிக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑटिसेफाली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

autocephaly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

autocefalia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

autokefalii
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

автокефалія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

autocefalia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτοκεφαλία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

autocephaly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

autocephaly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

autokefali
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of autocephaly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AUTOCEPHALY»

The term «autocephaly» is used very little and occupies the 163.415 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AUTOCEPHALY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «autocephaly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «autocephaly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about autocephaly

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AUTOCEPHALY»

Discover the use of autocephaly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to autocephaly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Autocephaly
Autocephaly (/ t s f li/; from Greek:, meaning self-headed), in hierarchical Christian churches and especially Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, is the status of a hierarchical church whose head bishop does not report to any ...
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
2
The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity
The autocephaly of the Moscow See was established during the years 1441–8 by the following steps. The Grand Prince of Moscow Basil II refused to accept Metropolitan Isidor, appointee of the Patriarch of Constantinople, when Isidor was  ...
Ken Parry, 2010
3
Autocephaly
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
4
Church and State: Religious Nationalism and State ...
Autocephaly. and. Nationalism. The development of autocephalous state churches, characteristic of the Orthodox countries of Eastern Europe, was the most crucial and lasting contribution to the strengthening of the bond between religion and ...
Cristian Romocea, 2011
5
Church, Nation and State in Russia and Ukraine
ceeded to the Poltava see after Parfenii's death in 1922.49 In 1923, two supporters of 'canonical autocephaly', Feofil Buldov- s'kyi and Serhii Labuntsev, were ordained as bishops of Lubny and Pryluky respectively, vicars to the Poltava bishop, ...
Geoffrey A. Hosking, 1990
6
Between Kyiv and Constantinople: Oleksander Lototsky and the ...
Oleksander Lototsky and the Quest for Ukrainian Autocephaly Andre Partykevich ... politics.1 Many of the same strengths and weaknesses characterize the role Oleksander Lototsky played in the movement for Ukrainian Orthodox autocephaly .
Andre Partykevich, 1998
7
Historical Atlas of Central Europe
Another criterion for autocephaly is recognition of that status by other autocephalous churches. It is in this regard that the ecumenical patriarch plays a role. In the course of the twentieth century, as new countries have come into being in ...
Paul Robert Magocsi, 2002
8
Eastern Christianity and the Cold War, 1945-91
The expanding UAOC led by Patriarch Mystyslav was further enlarged by Metropolitan Filaret's entry but at the same time complicated the granting of canonical recognition of autocephaly by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
Lucian Leustean, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations Lucian Leustean, 2010
9
The Post-Soviet Russian Orthodox Church: Politics, Culture ...
Duncan traces the 'Third Rome' theory's many revivals from the Middle Ages to the 1990s, and the discussion below demonstrates that it also had an impact on the post-Soviet ROC.49 Autonomy or autocephaly? Ukrainian Orthodox clerics first ...
Katja Richters, 2012
10
Rome and the Eastern Churches
After the First World War, further grants of autocephaly were allowed, chiefly at the expense of the church of Russia. Sometimes, however, this did not amount to full autocephaly but only what was termed “autonomy”—a situation where the ...
Aidan Nichols, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AUTOCEPHALY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term autocephaly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Disputes between “Orthodox sisters”
ROC was the first to recognize reconstruction of GOC autocephaly in 1944. “I can't rule out that Josef Stalin was involved in this,” Georgian ... «vestnik kavkaza, May 15»
2
Killings in the Name of Ukrainian Land of Donbas
The Holy Synod requested that Philaret and the episcopacy of the UOCH reconsider the demand for autocephaly as it had provoked deep ... «CounterPunch, Apr 15»
3
The war in Ukraine: a failure to evangelize?
In addition to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), there are two other Orthodox Churches which have claimed autocephaly, ... «Washington Times, Feb 15»
4
Macedonia: Archbishop of Ohrid released on parole
... canonically unrecognised, and the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) considers it schismatic since it declared autocephaly unilaterally in 1967. «InSerbia News, Feb 15»
5
Orthodox Church Leader Reflects on the Religious Dimension of the …
Full recognition can only come if Moscow willingly grants Kyiv independence, or autocephaly. The Moscow Patriarchate casts itself as the ... «EurasiaNet, Jan 15»
6
Met. Christophoros of Mesogaia Responds to Portal-Credo
Why should I be interested in the autonomy or autocephaly of HOCNA! Could it be that it was related to my province or my prothierarchy? «NFTU, Jan 15»
7
Jovan Vraniskovski to be released on January 19
The MPC is canonically unrecognised, and the SPC considers it schismatic since it declared autocephaly unilaterally in 1967. Following ... «InSerbia News, Jan 15»
8
The Orthodox Trojan Horse
It's not the case that OCA's autocephaly is universally recognized in ... Church anyway, so it seems to me that easily revoke OCA's autocephaly. «The American Conservative, Nov 14»
9
Patriarch Filaret: Moscow church does not serve needs of people
Filaret said that in 1992 he met with Bartholomew, the patriarch of Constantinople, who said the Ukrainian church had a right to autocephaly. «Kyiv Post, Oct 14»
10
Homegrown values guide devoted Donora native Very Rev. John …
During the late 1960s, he participated with the Commission of Bishops that received the Tomos from the Church of Russia granting autocephaly ... «Tribune-Review, Sep 14»

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