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noun
- the movement or body of doctrines, chiefly associated with the Gallican church, advocating the restriction of papal authority in certain matters.
noun
- a movement among French Roman Catholic clergy that favoured the restriction of papal control and greater autonomy for the French churchCompare ultramontanism