Galilean.
Of or pertaining to Galilee, or a native or inhabitant thereof.
Meaning & usage
Of or pertaining to Galilee, or a native or inhabitant thereof.
Where this word comes from
Originated 1605–15 from Latin Galilaeus [from Ancient Greek Γαλιλαῖος (Galilaîos)] + -an.
A native or resident of Galilee.
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.
A Christian.
Where this word comes from
Originated 1605–15 from Latin Galilaeus [from Ancient Greek Γαλιλαῖος (Galilaîos)] + -an.
Jesus Christ.
Where this word comes from
Originated 1605–15 from Latin Galilaeus [from Ancient Greek Γαλιλαῖος (Galilaîos)] + -an.
Of or pertaining to the Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Galileo Galilei.
Where this word comes from
Originated 1720–30, from Galileo + -an.
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