Associations to the word «Galilee»

Wiktionary

GALILEE, noun. (architecture) 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.
GALILEE, noun. In certain Syriac Christian churches, the baptistry.
GALILEE, proper noun. A mountainous geographic region in northern Israel.
GALILEE, proper noun. The Sea of Galilee.

Dictionary definition

GALILEE, noun. An area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats