Gallic
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Gallic is an adjective that may refer to:
As an uncapitalized adjective, gallic may refer to:
- GaulGaulGaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of...
, from which the name derives, a region of Europe roughly corresponding to modern France and parts of the surrounding countries - GaulsGaulsThe Gauls were a Celtic people living in Gaul, the region roughly corresponding to what is now France, Belgium, Switzerland and Northern Italy, from the Iron Age through the Roman period. They mostly spoke the Continental Celtic language called Gaulish....
, the Celtic people of this region - A synonym for FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
- Roman GaulRoman GaulRoman Gaul consisted of an area of provincial rule in the Roman Empire, in modern day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and western Germany. Roman control of the area lasted for less than 500 years....
, a Roman province in Gaul - Gallic EmpireGallic EmpireThe Gallic Empire is the modern name for a breakaway realm that existed from 260 to 274. It originated during the Roman Empire's Crisis of the Third Century....
, a brief independent realm from AD 260 to AD 273 - Gaulish languageGaulish languageThe Gaulish language is an extinct Celtic language that was spoken by the Gauls, a people who inhabited the region known as Gaul from the Iron Age through the Roman period...
, a Celtic language spoken in Gaul prior to the Roman conquest - Gallic epochGallic epochThe Gallic epoch is an obsolete epoch of the Cretaceous, encompassing the Barremian, Aptian, Albian, Cenomanian and Turonian faunal stages....
, an obsolete epoch of the Cretaceous - Gallican RiteGallican riteThe Gallican Rite is a historical sub-grouping of the Roman Catholic liturgy in western Europe; it is not a single rite but actually a family of rites within the Western Rite which comprised the majority use of most of Christianity in western Europe for the greater part of the 1st millennium AD...
, an ancient church rite - GallicanismGallicanismGallicanism is the belief that popular civil authority—often represented by the monarchs' authority or the State's authority—over the Catholic Church is comparable to that of the Pope's...
and Gallican ChurchGallican ChurchThe Gallican Church was the Catholic Church in France from the time of the Declaration of the Clergy of France to that of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution....
, a political-religious philosophy - SS GallicSS GallicTwo ships of the White Star Line have borne the name SS Gallic, an adjectival reference to France: was a passenger tender, originally the SS Birkenhead launched in 1894. She was acquired by White Star Line in 1907 and was scrapped in 1913. was a cargo ship, originally the SS War Argus launched in...
, two ships of the White Star Line
As an uncapitalized adjective, gallic may refer to:
- gallGallGalls or cecidia are outgrowths on the surface of lifeforms caused by invasion by other lifeforms, such as parasites or bacterial infection. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues and can be caused by various parasites, from fungi and bacteria, to insects and mites...
- gallic acidGallic acidGallic acid is a trihydroxybenzoic acid, a type of phenolic acid, a type of organic acid, also known as 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid, found in gallnuts, sumac, witch hazel, tea leaves, oak bark, and other plants. The chemical formula is C6H23COOH. Gallic acid is found both free and as part of...
, a phenolic compound