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galilee
/ˈɡæləˌli/
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What does galilee mean?
noun
- 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.
proper noun
- A mountainous geographic region in northern Israel.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- The Sea of Galilee.
- A village in Narragansett, Rhode Island.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡæləˌli/
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Also in the head of that sea of Galilee, toward the septentrion is a strong castle and an high that hight Saphor.
Jesus went to Nazareth and they tried to throw him over the brow of the hill, still he had followers from Galilee.
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How long, or with what success, Jesus continued to preach the coming of the Messiah in Galilee, it is impossible to conjecture.
L'Epinois, Galilee, p. 22 et seq., stretches this as far as possible to save the reputation of the Church in the Galileo matter.
Though he was loth to suspect it, some people might have said to him that the atmosphere blew as distinctly from Cyprus as from Galilee.