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Gal•li•can
(gal′i kən),USA pronunciation adj.
- Language VarietiesGallic;
French. - Religion[Eccles.]
- of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church in France.
- of or pertaining 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.
- Latin Gallicānus belonging to Gallia, Gallican, equivalent. to Gallic- Gallic + -ānus -an
- 1590–1600
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