- independence (def. 1).
- a territory not under the control of any other power.
- (initial capital letter)Ecclesiastical.
- the principle that the individual congregation or church is an autonomous and equalitarian society free from any external ecclesiastical control.
- the polity based on this principle.
- a territory or state free from the control of any other power
- another word for independence
- (esp in the Congregational Church) the principle upholding the independence of each local church or congregation
