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Definition of: Gallicanism

(galə·kən·iz′əm) noun
The doctrine of the national party in the Roman Catholic Church of France, adopted March 19, 1682, limiting the papal power and extending that of the national church: opposed to Ultramontanism.

Most often used phrases:

episcopal Gallicanism
royal Gallicanism

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