Definition of Galatian

1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Galatia in Asia Minor (especially a member of a people believed to have been Gauls who conquered Galatia in the 3rd century BC).

Generic synonyms: Gaul

Definition of Galatian

1. a. Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants. -- A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who settled in Asia Minor.

Definition of Galatian

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Galatia. ¹

2. Noun. A person from Galatia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Galatian

GalNAc beta1-4 GlcNAc-R beta1-3-galactosyltransferase
Gala
Galahad
Galalith
Galan
Galant
Galant's reflex
Galapagos
Galapagos Islands
Galapagos penguin
Galapagos penguins
Galashiels
Galatea
Galatia
Galatian (current term)
Galatians
Galatic
Galax urceolata
Galaxia
Galaxy
Galbraith
Galbulidae
Galeati
Galeati's glands
Galeazzi
Galeazzi's fracture
Galega
Galega officinalis
Galego

Literary usage of Galatian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Lightfoot held that Galat ia Proper was meant in the first passage, and Galatia Proper and Phrygia in the second. Other supporters of the North-Galatian ..."

2. An Exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians. by John Brown (1853)
"The Apostle's wish that they who troubled the Galatian converts might be cut off. In the next verse the apostle expresses a strong wish that the Galatian ..."

3. The Cities of St. Paul: Their Influence on His Life and Thought : the Cities by William Mitchell Ramsay (1908)
"PAUL'S FIRST ADDRESS TO A Galatian AUDIENCE. A speech delivered on an occasion like this must be interesting to the student of history. ..."

4. Encyclopædia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1901)
"According to what has just been said, the Phrygia of 1823 will he not the Galatian but the Asian Phrygia, as the route from N. Galatia to ..."

5. The Work and Teachings of the Apostles by Charles Foster Kent (1916)
"Acts states that his primary purpose was to visit the Galatian churches ... Revisiting the Galatian Churches. Paul was evidently the one who originally ..."

6. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1915)
"What more natural, ask the South Galatian theorists, than that this much- ... On the North Galatian theory, the founding of churches, say in Pessinus, ..."

7. Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black (1901)
"In 166 also we must understand the Asian Phrygia, not the Galatian, ... Linguistically also the North Galatian theory thus offers three great advantages. ..."

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