D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Autocephalous

· Au·to·ceph·a·lous · IPA /ɔːtə(ʊ)ˈsɛfələs/
01 a. Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.
  1. 1.
    Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.(Eccl. Hist.)