autocephalous

Etymology
From, from +. .

Adjective

 * 1)   Fully independent of the authority of any other church.
 * 2)  Presiding over an autocephalous church.
 * 3)  Independent; not governed by others.
 * 1)  Presiding over an autocephalous church.
 * 2)  Independent; not governed by others.
 * 1)  Independent; not governed by others.
 * 1)  Independent; not governed by others.

Usage notes
is typically only used in reference to an episcopal church.

Translations

 * Armenian:, ավտոկեֆալ
 * Belarusian: аўтакефа́льны
 * Bulgarian: автокефа́лен
 * Catalan: autocèfale
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: autokefalní
 * Danish: autokefal
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ავტოკეფალიური, ავტოკეფალური
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: autocephalus
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: autokefal
 * Nynorsk: autokefal
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: autocéfalo
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: autokefálny
 * Spanish: autocéfalo
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: автокефа́льний
 * Welsh: hunanbenaethol