acephaliteEtymologyBorrowed from Late Latin acephalus + -ite, from Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos, “headless”), apparently referring to the movement’s refusal to accept the decisions of church councils.acephalite means A radical Monophysite in the era after the Council of Chalcedon (451 CE). Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.nounA radical Monophysite in the era after the Council of Chalcedon (451 CE).“[…] nor does he charge Beatus or Heterius (that wild ass) with being a Eutychian, or a follower of Eutyches, or acephalite, or any other term recalling the monophysitism of the fifth century or its descendants.”a follower of an Acephali movement.