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
noun
Etymology
Origin of Gallican
1590–1600; < Latin Gallicānus belonging to Gallia, Gallican, equivalent to Gallic- Gallic + -ānus -an
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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
In the year 1811 the emperor convoked a national council of Gallican clerics for the discussion of church affairs, and Fesch was appointed to preside over their deliberations.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
He spoke of the Jesuit influence as used to combat that of the Gallican Church, and he said that there were now only three Gallican bishops.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
According to him, these bishops were sent to Britain by a Gallican Synod.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
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
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