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Definition of Galilees

1. galilee [n] - See also: galilee

Lexicographical Neighbors of Galilees

Literary usage of Galilees

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

1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1899)
"galilees or galilee chapels may, on account of their rarity, be justly regarded as curiosities. The words, " He goeth before you into Galilee ; there you ..."

2. The Scriptural Religions, Histories, and Prophecies Analyzed and Examined by John William Willcock (1876)
"This, added to that of the galilees and Samaria, gave an area of 4320 square miles for the kingdom of Israel in its most prosperous time. ..."

3. The Historical Geography of the Holy Land: Especially in Relation to the by George Adam Smith (1897)
"... to any well-defined region, as, for example, the region east of Jerusalem, which Ezekiel calls the Eastern Galilee, or to the galilees of the Jordan, ..."

4. Gothic Architecture in England: An Analysis of the Origin & Development of by Francis Bond (1906)
"Setting aside the projecting galilees of which we have spoken above (202), we have few analogues in England. There is a western porch at Chichester; ..."

5. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1856)
"The two galilees have always been able to make a strong resistance on all occasions of war ; for the Galileans are inured to war from their infancy, ..."

6. The Works of Flavius Josephus, the Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian by Flavius Josephus (1852)
"Now Phenicia and Syria encompass about the galilees, which are two, ... These two galilees, of so great largeness, and encompassed with so many nations of ..."

7. The Works of Flavius Josephus ...: To which are Added, Three Dissertations by Flavius Josephus (1825)
"Now Phoenicia and Syria encompass about the galilees, which are two, ... These two galilees, of so great largeness, and encompassed with so many nations of ..."

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