Look up: galilee

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   Galilee
   The Sea of Galilee is an alternative name for Lake Tiberias in northern Israel.
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   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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   Galilee
   [n] - an area of northern Israel
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   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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   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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   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 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 relate ...
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   Galilee
   The `Galilee` ( `ha-Galil`, `al-Jaleel`), meaning `circuit`, is a large region overlapping with much of the North District of Israel. It is traditionally divided into three regions: * Upper Galilee * Lower Galilee * Western Galilee The Galilee includes more than one-third of present-day Israel, traditionally defined as extending from Biblical Dan on the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the ridges of Mount Carmel an...
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   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 applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and D...
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   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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    galilee
    type of porch (q.v.) that was developed during the Gothic period.[1 related articles]
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    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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