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Gal⋅li⋅can⋅ism

  [gal-i-kuh-niz-uhm]
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–noun
the movement or body of doctrines, chiefly associated with the Gallican church, advocating the restriction of papal authority in certain matters.

Origin:
1855–60; < F Gallicanisme. See Gallican, -ism
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Gal·li·can·ism   (gāl'ĭ-kə-nĭz'əm)   
n.  A 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.
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