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Galilee|ˈgælɪliː|
Also 6 Galleley.
[a. OF. galilee, a. med.L. galilæa (Du Cange), a use of the proper name (see Galilean a. 1). Possibly the allusion is to Galilee as an outlying portion of the Holy Land, or to the phrase ‘Galilee of the Gentiles’ (Matt. iv. 15).]
A porch or chapel at the entrance of a church.
According to some authorities, the L. word was also applied to the western extremity of the nave, as being a part regarded as less sacred than the rest.
[a1186Charter in Greenwell Durh. Cath. (1892) 48 note, Super altare Beatæ Mariæ in occidentali porte ejusdem ecclesiæ quæ Galilæ a vocatur.] 1593Rites of Durham (Surtees) 36 A chappell maide and dedicated to the blessed Virgin Marie, now cauled the Galleley. 1814Southey Roderick xxiv. 29 There was a church..and here within An oaken galilee, now black with age, His old Iberian ancestors were laid. 1848Rickman Archit. 128 The most gorgeous porch of this style in existence is the Galilee at the west end of Ely cathedral. 1892Pall Mall G. 31 Oct. 5/1 The extension of the chapel, by the addition of a galilee, was entrusted to [etc.].
b. attrib. as in Galilee-bell, Galilee-door, Galilee-porch, Galilee-steeple.
1593Rites of Durham (Surtees) 33 Over the Galleley dour ther, in a belfray called the Galleley steple, did hing iiij goodly great Bells. Ibid. 35 And dyd rynne streight waie to the Galleley Bell and tould it, to th' intent any man that hard it might knowe that there was som man that had taken Saunctuarie. 1839Longfellow Hyperion iv. i, My arabesques..and Holy-Roods and Galilee-steeples. 1868Less. Mid. Age 354 There is a Galilee porch at the south-west corner of the great transept. 1879Sir G. Scott Lect. Archit. I. 127 The Galilee porch at Ely..is one of the most magnificent specimens of the fully-developed style in the country. |