gallicanisme
French, noun/ɡa.li.ka.nism/
gallicanisme is spelled G-A-L-L-I-C-A-N-I-S-M-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gallicanisme is a French masculine noun meaning “Gallicanism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Doctrine gallicane relative à la constitution et à l’étendue du pouvoir spirituel et opposée en des mesures…”.
What does gallicanisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineGallicanism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Doctrine gallicane relative à la constitution et à l’étendue du pouvoir spirituel et opposée en des mesures diverses à certaines prérogatives du pape à l’égard de l’Église et de l’Église vis-à-vis de l’État. 2. Attachement à cette doctrine.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gallicanisme
- gallicanismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gallicanisme?
- /ɡa.li.ka.nism/
- /ɡa.li.ka.nizm/
- \ɡa(l).li.ka.nism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gallicanisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gallicanisme in French?
gallicanisme appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).