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
Hence the name of Gallican is loosely given to all its modern upholders, whether of French nationality or not.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
Henry III., the universities and the parliaments seized every opportunity of remonstrating against this alteration of the fundamental laws of the Gallican church.
From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois
The position of Charles VII. towards Rome was consistently insubordinate, and the Pragmatic Sanction which he published in 1438 secured the independence of the Gallican Church, and strengthened the jurisdiction of the Parlement.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
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