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Gallicanism
Gal·li·can·ism [ gállikə nìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
movement against centralized papal control: a French movement in favor of giving more autonomy to the Roman Catholic Church in individual countries and reducing the authority of the pope

Gal·li·can adjective, noun
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