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Galilean

Galilean adjective: of or pertaining to Galilee, or a native or inhabitant thereof.

Adjective (1)

Galilean

  1. Of or pertaining to Galilee, or a native or inhabitant thereof.

Noun

Galilean (plural Galileans)

  1. A native or resident of Galilee.
  2. (historical) A zealous follower of Judas of Galilee, who fiercely resented the taxation of the Romans, and whose violence contributed to induce the latter to vow the extermination of the whole race.
  3. (broadly, derogatory, sometimes) A Christian.

Proper noun

Galilean

  1. Jesus Christ.

Adjective (2)

Galilean (comparative more Galilean, superlative most Galilean)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Galileo Galilei.

Forms of Galilean

Adjective
comparativemore Galilean
superlativemost Galilean
alternative form (archaic)Galilaean
alternative form (archaic)Galilæan
Noun
pluralGalileans

Origin of Galilean

Originated 1605–15 from Latin Galilaeus [from Ancient Greek Γαλιλαῖος (Galilaîos)] + -an.

Originated 1720–30, from Galileo + -an.

Words formed from Galilean

Phrases with Galilean

Questions about Galilean

What does Galilean mean?
Galilean means of or pertaining to Galilee, or a native or inhabitant thereof.
What part of speech is Galilean?
Galilean can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Galilean in the dictionary

  1. galidesivir
  2. galiellalactone
  3. Galifron
  4. Galik
  5. Galiks
  6. Galilean
  7. Galilean Aramaic
  8. Galilean binoculars
  9. Galilean invariance
  10. Galilean moon
  11. Galilean moons

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