a. and sb. Obs. [f. prec. + -AN.]

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  A.  adj. Belonging to the ecclesiastical sect or party of the ACEPHALI.

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  B.  sb. A member of this sect.

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1586.  T. Rogers, 39 Art. (1607), 54. Detestable therefore is the error of the Acephalians, who denied the properties of the two natures in Christ.

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