Gallican

[ gal-i-kuh n ]

/ ˈgæl ɪ kən /

Gallic; French.

Ecclesiastical.

of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church in France.
of or relating 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.

Origin of Gallican

1590–1600; < Latin Gallicānus belonging to Gallia, Gallican, equivalent to Gallic- Gallic + -ānus -an

That this authority can only be exerted in conformity with the canons received in the Gallican church; 4.

Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2 |Henry Hallam
It was really he who established the privileges and liberty of the Gallican church.

Vanished Halls and Cathedrals of France |George Warton Edwards
The Gallican storm a little abated, he turned back to a project very near his heart.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 |Various
A postscript is added on the recent defence of Gallican doctrine by Mgr.

The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 |Various

Gallican

/ (ˈɡælɪkən) /

of or relating to Gallicanism

an upholder of Gallicanism