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Webster 1913 Edition
Galilee
Gal′i-lee
,Noun.
[Supposed to have been so termed in allusion to the scriptural “Galilee of the Gentiles.” cf. OF.
galilée
.] (Arch.)
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.
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Definition 2024
Galilee
Galilee
English
Proper noun
Galilee
- A mountainous geographic region in northern Israel.
- The Sea of Galilee.
Translations
region of northern Israel
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galilee
galilee
English
Noun
galilee (plural galilees)
- (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.
- In certain Syriac Christian churches, the baptistry.