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Autocephaly
Autocephaly
(; from , meaning self-headed) is the status of a
hierarchical
Christian
church whose head
bishop
does not report to any higher-ranking bishop (used especially in
Eastern Orthodox
and
Oriental Orthodox
churches).
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