Acephali


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A`ceph´a`li


n. pl.1.A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.
2.(Eccl. Hist.) A Christian sect without a leader.
3.A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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