galilee
/ˈɡælɪliː/
galilee 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.
Noun
galilee (plural galilees)
- 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 capitalized: Galilee
Galilee
- A mountainous geographic region in northern Israel.
- Last spring I organised a race for birdwatchers in Jenin, and we had 21 Palestinians participating. They came from as far as the Naqab desert and the Galilee.2024 June 6, Marta Vidal, quoting Saed Shomaly, “‘Sometimes I wonder if I’ll come back’: Palestinian birdwatchers defy danger to scan the skies”, in The Guardian
- The Sea of Galilee.
- A village in Narragansett, Rhode Island.
galilee meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
galilee in Hindi
- गैलिली, गैलीली, गैलीलिया
galilee in Tamil
- ஆலயமேலாப்பு, கலிலி
galilee in Marathi
- गॅलिली, गॅलीली
galilee in Urdu
- گیلیلی, گلیلی
More languagesFewer languages
- galilee in Bengali
- গ্যালিলি
- galilee in Telugu
- గెలీలీ, గలిలీ, గెలీలి
- galilee in Malayalam
- ഗലീലി, ഗലിലി, ഗാലിലി
- galilee in Kannada
- ಗ್ಯಾಲಿಲಿ, ಗಲಿಲೀ, ಗೆಲಿಲೀ
- galilee in Punjabi
- ਗੈਲੀਲੀ
- galilee in Gujarati
- ગેલિલી, ગેલીલી, ગાલીલ
- galilee in Odia
- ଗାଲିଲି, ଗାଲିଲୀ
- galilee in Nepali
- ग्यालिली, ग्यालीली, गैलीली
Forms of galilee
| plural | galilees |
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Origin of galilee
From late Middle English galilie, from Old French galilee, from Medieval Latin galilaea, from Latin Galilaea (“Galilee”). Possibly the allusion is to Galilee being an outlying region of Biblical Palestine.
Inherited from Middle English Galilee, from Old French Galilee, from Latin Galilaea, from Ancient Greek Γᾰλῑλαίᾱ (Gălīlaíā), from Hebrew גָּלִיל (galíl).
Words formed from galilee
Phrases with galilee
Questions about galilee
- What does galilee mean?
- Galilee means 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.
- What is galilee in Hindi?
- Galilee in Hindi is गैलिली, गैलीली, गैलीलिया. See Galilee meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is galilee?
- Galilee can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce galilee?
- Galilee is pronounced /ˈɡælɪliː/.
- What is the plural of galilee?
- The plural of galilee is galilees.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: galilee (page history and authors); Galilee (page history and authors); galilee (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galilee (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); galilee (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galilee (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galilee (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galilee (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galilee (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galilee (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galilee (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galilee (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galilee (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galilee (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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