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What does Gallicanism mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (historical) The principles or actions of those, within the Roman Catholic Church in France, who (especially in 1682) sought to restrict the papal authority in that country and increase the power of the national church.
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Was Rome herself tainted with Gallicanism, and in league with those who had conspired for her destruction?
It successfully eliminated the remnants of the Conciliar Movement and crushed ecclesiastical nationalism in the form of Gallicanism and its counterparts in several nations.
All forms of Gallicanism were distasteful to Acton, and he looked to the future for the victory of his ideas.
Gallicanism is extinct, but results are all against the Reactionary theory.
While the Jansenists leaned towards Gallicanism, the episcopacy leaned towards ultramontanism.
Gallicanism was an illogical doctrine, containing implicitly the denial of the papal supremacy.

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