Autocephalous
(of a church) having its own head or chief bishop, though in communion with other orthodox churches.
(of a bishop) subordinate to no superior authority; self-governing.
historical examples
the church of cyprus has been autocephalous since at any rate the oec-menical synod of ephesus in 431.
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the cretan church is not, strictly speaking, autocephalous, being dependent on the patriarchate of constantinople.
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adjective
(of an eastern christian church) governed by its own national synods and appointing its own patriarchs or prelates
(of a bishop) independent of any higher governing body
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