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单词 acephali
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Definition of acephali in English:

acephali

noun (ˌ)eɪˈsɛfəlʌɪ(ˌ)eɪˈkɛfəlʌɪ(ˌ)eɪˈsɛf(ə)lʌɪ
  • 1Church History. With capital initial. A group of extreme Monophysites who seceded from the main body in the 5th cent., acknowledging no leaders and rejecting episcopal control. Also in singular, in form Acephalus: a member of such a group.

  • 2An (imaginary) race of headless people.

Origin

Old English (in an earlier sense). From post-classical Latin acephali (plural) members of a sect with no acknowledged leaders, priests not subordinate to a bishop (636 in Isidore), people with no feudal superior except the king, (imaginary) race of headless people, use as noun of masculine plural of classical Latin acephalus.

Definition of acephali in US English:

acephali

noun
  • 1Church History. With capital initial. A group of extreme Monophysites who seceded from the main body in the 5th cent., acknowledging no leaders and rejecting episcopal control. Also in singular, in form Acephalus: a member of such a group.

  • 2An (imaginary) race of headless people.

Origin

Old English (in an earlier sense). From post-classical Latin acephali (plural) members of a sect with no acknowledged leaders, priests not subordinate to a bishop (636 in Isidore), people with no feudal superior except the king, (imaginary) race of headless people, use as noun of masculine plural of classical Latin acephalus.

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