Gallican
Americanadjective
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Gallic; French.
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Ecclesiastical.
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of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church in France.
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of or relating to a school or party of French Roman Catholics, before 1870, advocating the restriction of papal authority in favor of the authority of general councils, the bishops, and temporal rulers.
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adjective
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Etymology
Origin of Gallican
1590–1600; < Latin Gallicānus belonging to Gallia, Gallican, equivalent to Gallic- Gallic + -ānus -an
Example Sentences
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Gallican Mugabonake of Handicap International, an aid organisation, says that improvements in Rwanda’s education system have helped it field 14 athletes.
From Economist • Sep. 6, 2012
His services now are still masses�in the ancient and quite orthodox Gallican liturgy.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to him, these bishops were sent to Britain by a Gallican Synod.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert
Anti-Gallican, an-ti-gal′ik-an, adj. and n. opposed to what is French: or esp. opposed to the Gallican liberties of the French Church.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Gall′ican, of or pertaining to France: esp. pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church in France.—n. one holding Gallican doctrines.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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