galilee
IPA: gˈæɫʌɫi
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.
- In certain Syriac Christian churches, the baptistry.
- A mountainous geographic region in northern Israel.
- The Sea of Galilee.
- A village in Narragansett, Rhode Island.
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Examples of "galilee" in Sentences
- It crossed into the northern Galilee.
- It is the same root found in Galilee.
- By the sea of Galilee he also ministered.
- It formed the eastern boundary of Galilee.
- In a number of villages in the Galilee e.g.
- Jesus in Capernaum and the tour of Galilee.
- The golan is not a sub region of the Galilee.
- It connects the coastal plain with the Galilee.
- They are fishing, a large business then in Galilee.
- He built the galilee at the west end of the church.
- This is a description of an archeological site in Galilee.
- Was this the Early English porch now known as the galilee?
- In 1757 Essex recommended the removal of the galilee as being an encumbrance.
- The roof of the galilee was also removed, and the lancets at the west of the cathedral blocked up.
- From Goodwin's "Ely Gossip" we learn that the upper part of the doorway of the galilee porch was "renewed in plaster."
- It is admitted that there is not to be found an earlier dated example of the finest Early English work than the choir at Lincoln. Second only to this the galilee porch at Ely may take rank.
- In the plan in Willis's "Survey of Cathedrals," 1727, the south part is described as the "South galilee, now the church workhouse," while on the north side we read, "Ruined part of Galilee."
- In the galilee there was a kind of movement so that a man could get up further, and at last the traveller found a place to stand in just on the edge of the open gangway, at the very end of the nave.
- Nay, they were not satisfied when our porter and watch told them that those they pursued had taken refuge in the galilee of the church, but continued for some minutes clamouring and striking upon the postern door, demanding that the men who had offended should be delivered up to them.
- Transition to Early English is very noticeable as we look at the remaining portion of the west front, south of the galilee porch, the lower stages shewing no trace of anything but pure Norman, while above we see pointed arches, quatrefoils in circles, and other indications of the approaching change of style.