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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

pl.

[LL., pl. of

acephalus

. See

A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.

(Eccl. Hist.)

(a)

A Christian sect without a leader.

(b)

Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.

A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.

acephali

A people reported by Herodotus and Josephus to have no or removable heads.
(Ecclesiastical History): The Eutychians, a Christian sect in the year 482 without a leader. See .
(Ecclesiastical History): Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.
A class of levelers in the time of King Henry I.
plural of acephalus

acephalī

ACEPHALI in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)