Definition of gallicanism Gallicanism
Gal•li•can•ism
We found 2 definitions of gallicanism from 2 different sources.
Advertising
What does gallicanism mean?
WordNet
Noun |
||
| gallicanism - a religious 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 of the church |
= synonym
= antonym
= related word
= antonym
= related word
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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.
