Galilean

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Galilean \Gal`i*le"an\, a.
     Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. See
     {Telescope}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Galilean \Gal`i*le"an\, a. [L. Galilaeus, fr. Galilaea Galilee,
     Gr. ?: cf. F. galil['e]en.]
     Of or relating to Galilee.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Galilean \Gal`i*le"an\, n.
     1. A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province
        of Palestine under the Romans.
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     2. (Jewish Hist.) One of the party among the Jews, who
        opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans; -- called
        also {Gaulonite}.
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     3. A Christian in general; -- used as a term of reproach by
        Mohammedans and Pagans. --Byron.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Galilean
       adj 1: of or relating to Galileo or his works
       2: of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants [syn: {Galilaean}]
       n 1: an inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ) [syn:
            {Galilaean}]
       2: one of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered
          by Galileo [syn: {Galilean satellite}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Galilean
     an inhabitant or native of Galilee. This word was used as a name
     of contempt as applied to our Lord's disciples (Luke 22:59; Acts
     2:7). All the apostles, with the exception of Judas Iscariot
     (Acts 1:11), were Galileans. Peter was detected by his Galilean
     accent (Matt. 26:69; Mark 14:70).
     
       This was also one of the names of reproach given to the early
     Christians. Julian the Apostate, as he is called, not only used
     the epithet himself when referring to Christ and his apostles,
     but he made it a law that no one should ever call the Christians
     by any other name.