1) Christian term
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In church history, the term acephali (`the headless`) has been applied to several sects that supposedly had no leader. The term is the plural of acephalus, a Latinisation of the Greek akephalos, plural akephaloi, from a-, `without`, and kephalé, `head`. In classical antiquity, the name was given to certain legendary races described as havin...
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• (n. pl.) A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads. • (n. pl.) A Christian sect without a leader. • (n. pl.) Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control. • (n. pl.) A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.
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Any of several religious bodies who rebelled against their bishops and other heads of the early Christian church. It was particularly applied to the extreme Egyptian
Monophysites, who in 482...
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A·ceph'a·li noun plural [ Late Latin , plural of
acephalus . See
Acephal .]
1. A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) (a) A Christian sect without a leader.
(b) Bishops and certain clergymen not under...
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