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galilee Definition

gali·lee (galə lē′)

noun

a porch or chapel at the western entrance of certain medieval churches

Etymology: ME galilie < ML galilaea < L Galilaea, Galilee: ? because, being at the less sacred western end, it was compared with the scriptural “Galilee of the Gentiles”

Galilee Definition

Gali·lee (galə lē′)

  1. region of N Israel
  2. lake in NE Israel, on the Syrian border: c. 13 mi (21 km) long

Etymology: L Galilaea < Gr Galilaia < Heb hagalil < gelil (hagoyim), lit., district (of the Gentiles)

Galilee Quotes

Time has three dimensions and one positive pitch or direction. It is therefore not so much like any river or any sea as like the Sea of Galilee, which has the Jordan running through it and giving a current to the whole.

—Hopkins, SirAnthony

Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

—Bible (NewTestament)

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