Defn: Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican.
GALLICAN
Gal"li*can, a. Etym: [L. Gallicanus: cf. F. gallican.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallic; French; as, the
Gallican church or clergy.
GALLICAN
Gal"li*can, n.
Defn: An adherent to, and supporter of, Gallicanism. Shipley.
GALLICANISM
Gal"li*can*ism, n.
Defn: 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. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
GALLICISM
Gal"li*cism, n. Etym: [F. gallicisme.]
Defn: A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom.
GALLICIZE
Gal"li*cize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gallicized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gallicizing.]