Galilean : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Galilean	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Galilean
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Galilean adj of or relating to Galileo or his works of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants Synonym(s): Galilean, Galilaean n an inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ) [syn: Galilean, Galilaean] one of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo Synonym(s): Galilean satellite, Galilean
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Galilean \Gal`ile"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[82]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 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.