/gal"i keuhn/ , 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.
[ 1590-1600; Gallicanus belonging to Gallia, Gallican, equiv. to Gallic- GALLIC + -anus -AN ]