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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Galilean \Gal`i*le"an\, a. Of or pertaining to Galileo; as the Galilean telescope. See {Telescope}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Galilean \Gal`i*le"an\, a. [L. Galilaeus fr Galilaea Galilee, Gr ?: cf F. galil['e]en.] Of or relating to Galilee. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Galilean \Gal`i*le"an\, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine under the Romans. 2. (Jewish Hist.) One of the party among the Jews, who opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans; -- called also {Gaulonite}. 3. A Christian in general; -- used as a term of reproach by Mohammedans and Pagans. --Byron. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Galilean n 1: a resident of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ) [syn: {Galilean}] 2: one of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo [syn: {Galilean satellite}, {Galilean}] 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
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