Gallican

[ gal-i-kuhn ]

/ ˈgæl ɪ kən /

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adjective

Gallic; French.

Ecclesiastical.

of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church in France.
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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Origin of Gallican

1590–1600; <Latin Gallicānus belonging to Gallia, Gallican, equivalent to Gallic-Gallic + -ānus-an

Words nearby Gallican

galliambic, Galliano, galliard, gallic, gallic acid, Gallican, Gallicanism, Gallice, Gallicism, Gallicize, Galli-Curci

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How to use Gallican in a sentence

All those men were open infidels; and their attacks on religion, such as they saw it before them, roused the Gallican church.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe
But if this were the state of the Anglican Church, the Gallican, though not better off, was acted on in a very different manner.
Churches and Church Ornaments|William Durandus
He was instantly attacked for his Gallican panegyric, by a portion of the Royal Society.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846|Various
Lewis could not have taken his advice without surrendering his own main object, the restoration of the Gallican Church.
Lectures on the French Revolution|John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

To insular minds, whether Scottish or English, every deviation of the Gallican ritual from their own was a sore vexation.
Two Penniless Princesses|Charlotte M. Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for Gallican

Gallican

/ (ˈɡælɪkən) /

adjective

of or relating to Gallicanism

noun

an upholder of Gallicanism

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