Gallicanism - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Gallicanism : \Gal"li*can*ism\, n. The principles, tendencies, or action of those, within the Roman Catholic Church in France, who (esp. in 1682) sought to restrict the papal authority in that country and increase the power of the national church. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

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