Autonomy (Eastern Orthodoxy)
In Eastern Orthodoxy, autonomy designates a type of limited self-government of a church toward its mother church. An autonomous church is self-governing in some aspects, which differentiates it from a non-autonomous church. The aspects on which the autonomous church is self-governing depends on the decision of the mother church. A church that is autonomous has its highest-ranking bishop, such as an archbishop or metropolitan, approved by the primate of the mother church.
Kephale means "head" in Greek, whereas nomos means "law". Hence, autocephalous denotes self-headed, or a "head unto itself"; and autonomous denotes "self-legislated".