Galilean Definition

galəlēən
noun
A person born or living in Galilee.
Webster's New World
A Christian.
Webster's New World

(historical) 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.

Wiktionary

(by extension, sometimes derogatory) A Christian.

Wiktionary
Jesus.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • galilaean
  • Galilean satellite
adjective
Of Galilee or its people or culture.
Webster's New World
Of Galileo.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • galilaean
pronoun
Jesus Christ.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Galilean

Noun

Singular:
Galilean
Plural:
galileans

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Galilean

  • the Galilean

Origin of Galilean

  • Originated 1605–15 from Latin Galilaea, from Galilee+-an.

    From Wiktionary

Galilean Sentence Examples

  • But Judas the Galilean, with a Pharisee named Sadduc (Sadduk), endeavoured to incite them to rebellion in the name of religion.

  • The opening scene of the Galilean ministry is the discourse at Nazareth, in which our Lord claims to fulfil Isaiah's prophecy of the proclamation of good tidings to the poor.

  • It seems that the Zealots made more headwa y in Galilee than in Judaea - so much so that the terms Galilean and Zealot are practically interchangeable.

  • At any rate Alexander crucified two sons of Simon the Galilean, who had headed a revolt in the time of the census.

  • Having been provided, in August 1610, by Ernest, archbishop of Cologne, with one of the new Galilean instruments, Kepler began, with unspeakable delight, to observe the wonders revealed by it.

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