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
With the Gallican doctrine both claims would fall through.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von D?llinger
The popes, by the means of bulls, have attempted to nullify these acts, but nevertheless they form the distinctive principles of the Gallican Church, and also of other Catholic churches in different; kingdoms of Europe.
From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by John Alberger
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 Pierre Claude Fran?ois Daunou
And again they gave powerful aid in France to the establishment of the Gallican doctrine.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von D?llinger
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