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单词 polycephalist
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polycephalistn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολυκέϕαλος , -ist suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πολυκέϕαλος (see polycephalous adj.) + -ist suffix. Compare acephalist n. and polycephalous adj.
Obsolete.
A person who has many heads. In quot. figurative: a person who acknowledges many rulers.Apparently an isolated use.
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society > authority > subjection > [noun] > one subject to authority > of a monarch or ruler > with many rulers
polycephalist1659
1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα iv. xix. 541 Both which methods must have left the..Churches of Christ either Acephalists, confused without any head, or Polycephalists, burdened with many heads.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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