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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Of or pertaining to Galileo;

as, the

Galilean

telescope

. See

Adj.

[L.

Galilaeus

, fr.

Galilaea

Galilee, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.

galiléen

Of or relating to Galilee.

Noun.

A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine under the Romans.

(Jewish Hist.)

One of the party among the Jews, who opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans; – called also

Gaulonite

A Christian in general; – used as a term of reproach by Muslims and Pagans.

Byron.

Noun.

A native or inhabitant of Galilee, in Judea. Also, one of a sect among the Jews, who opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans.