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6 words match “GALLICAN”

GALLICAN a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallic; French; as, the Gallican church or clergy.
GALLICANISM 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.
ANTI-GALLICAN a.
Opposed to what is Gallic or French.
GALLIC a.
Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican.
PRAGMATIC; PRAGMATICAL a.
issued by Charles VII. of France, A. D. 1438, was the foundation of the liberties of the Gallican church; the other, issued by Charles VI. of Germany, A. D. 1724, settled his hereditary dominions on his eldest daughter, the Archduchess Maria Theresa.
ULTRAMONTANISM n.
rring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf. Gallicanism.