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noun
The doctrine that the church of France is autonomous, especially in relation to the pope; also, the intellectual movement in support of this doctrine and the policies expressing it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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Antonyms: anti-Gallicanism, ultramontanism
noun
Support for the autonomy of national churches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, derogatory, often, uncountable
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noun
A liturgical feature distinctive of the Gallican Rite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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noun
a religious movement originating among the French Roman Catholic clergy that favored the restriction of papal control and the achievement by each nation of individual administrative autonomy of the church
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religious movement
History
From Gallican + -ism.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
