galilee
A narthex, particularly in the United Kingdom and the Church of EnglandA 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.
» The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee.
Am nächsten Tag wollte Jesus nach Galiläa gehen.
На следующий день Иисус решил отправиться в Галилею.
Meaning
2 sensesA 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.
- an area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry
Examples
8 sentencesThe next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee.
ruНа следующий день Иисус решил отправиться в Галилею.
deAm nächsten Tag wollte Jesus nach Galiläa gehen.
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.
deAm dritten Tag fand eine Hochzeit statt in Kana, das in Galiläa liegt.
The Israeli area of Galilee is already a Jewish-Arab binational state.
On the third day, a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.
This, the first of the miraculous signs, Jesus performed in Cana in Galilee.
Origin
From late Middle English galilie, from Old French galilee, from Medieval Latin galilaea, fFrom 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.
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