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Nov 30, 2009
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Gal•li•can



Pronunciation: (gal'i-kun), [key]
adj.
1. Gallic; French.
2. Eccles.
a. of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church in France.
b. of or pertaining 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.

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