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1. Galilee
   In architecture a Galilee is 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....
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2. Galilee
   a porch at the western end of the church used as a chapel for women or penitents. Sometimes the word refers to the entire western end of the nave.
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3. Galilee
   [n] - an area of northern Israel
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4. galilee
   In architecture, a term for a porch or chapel attached to a church. They were used sometimes as the area reserved for penitents, sometimes for corpses prior to burial, and at other times as the...
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5. Galilee
   Region of northern Israel (once a Roman province in Palestine) that includes Nazareth and Tiberias, frequently mentioned in the Gospels of the New Testament. ...
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6. Galilee
   Gal'i·lee noun [ Supposed to have been so termed in allusion to the scriptural 'Galilee of the Gentiles.' confer Old French galilée .] (Architecture) A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks colle...
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7. Galilee
   • (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...
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8. Galilee
   northernmost region of ancient Palestine, corresponding to modern northern Israel. Its biblical boundaries are indistinct; conflicting readings leave ... [4 related articles]
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9. galilee
   type of porch (q.v.) that was developed during the Gothic period.[1 related articles]
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10. Galilee
    Galilee (găl'ilē) , region, N Israel, roughly the portion north of the plain of Esdraelon. Galilee was the chief scene of the ministry of Jesus. The Sea of Galilee (see Galilee, Sea of), the countryside, and the towns—Cana, Capernaum, Tiberias, Nazareth—are repeatedly ref...
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11. Galilee
    Click images to enlargeRegion of northern Israel (once a Roman province in Palestine) that includes Nazareth and Tiberias, frequently mentioned in the Gospels of the New Testament
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12. Galilee
    `Galilee` ( HaGalil, lit: the province, , الجليل--> al-Jalīl), is a large region in northern Israel which overlaps with much of the administrative North District of the country. Traditionally divided into גליל עליון--> Ga...
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13. Galilee
    (novel) `Galilee` is a novel by Clive Barker, published in 1998. It chronicles the rise and fall of two very different, but equally powerful dynasties. Plot summary: The first dynasty, the Gearys, are a glamorous and rich family, similar to the Kennedys, who have been a power in Americ...
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14. Galilee
    (horse) `Galilee`, was a bay Thoroughbred gelding who was foaled in 1963 at Trelawney Stud, Cambridge, New Zealand. He later became one of the most successful racehorses in Australia.<ref name="Pring">Pring, Peter; "Analysis of Champion Racehorses", The Thoroughbred Pre...
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15. Galilee
    (church architecture) A `galilee` is a chapel or porch at the west end of some churches where penitents waited before admission to the body of the church and where clergy received women who had business with them. The first reference to this type of narthex is most likely found in the cons...
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16. Galilee
    (disambiguation) `Galilee` is a large region overlapping with much of the North District of Israel, that is traditionally divided into three regions: `Galilee` can also refer to:
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17. Galilee
    (ship) The `Galilee` was a brigantine, built in 1891, designed by Matthew Turner. She started on the packet line between San Francisco and Tahiti and was reckoned a very fast ship. In 1905 she was chartered by the Carnegie Institution`s Department of Terrestrial Magnetism and converted...
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