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Definition of Galilee
1. Noun. An area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry.
Group relationships: Israel, Sion, State Of Israel, Yisrael, Zion
Terms within: Nazareth
Derivative terms: Galilaean, Galilean, Galilean
Definition of Galilee
1. n. A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and Durham cathedrals.
Definition of Galilee
1. Proper noun. A mountainous geographic region in northern Israel. ¹
2. Proper noun. The Sea of Galilee. ¹
3. Noun. (architecture) A narthex, particularly in the United Kingdom and the Church of England; a vestibule, a fully-enclosed yet porch-like structure, leading to the main body of an English ecclesiastical building. ¹
4. Noun. In certain Syriac Christian churches, the baptistry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Galilee
1. a type of porch [n -S] - See also: porch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galilee
Literary usage of Galilee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The later destiny of Galilee was bound up wit h that of Judea. ... Meanwhile Augustus
had confirmed Herod's will and Galilee and Persea fell to Antipas, ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Beauvoir (Kaukab, built in 1182) stood on a precipice above Jordan south-west of
the Sea of Galilee, and guarded the advance by the valley of Jezreel ..."
3. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1918)
"But this appears definitely to exclude any departure into Galilee, ... The Marcan
version, ' He goeth before you into Galilee : there shall ye see him, ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by Sir William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"On Herod's death, Bc 4, Herod Antipas was made tetrarch of Galilee and Perea (Ant.
... Galilee, in the time of Christ, was the most northern of the three ..."
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