Galatians

American  

[guh-lay-shuhnz] / gəˈleɪ ʃənz /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. a book in the New Testament, written to the Christians in Galatia. Gal.

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Galatians British  

/ ɡəˈleɪʃənz, -ʃɪənz /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) a book of the New Testament (in full The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians )

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Etymology

Origin of Galatians

First recorded in 1520–30; Galati(a) + -an + -s ³

Example Sentences

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Galatians

The Greeks first mentioned the “Keltoi” in the sixth century B.C.; later Greek and Roman writers labeled their brave northern adversaries barbarians, Gauls or Galatians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

The King will pray aloud using words inspired from the hymn I vow to thee my country and from the biblical books of Galatians and Proverbs.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2023

Maybe he could serve as an intermediary, connecting people who'd never met but who might have nodded their heads from a pew to the edict of Galatians 6:2: "Bear ye one another's burdens."

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2023

While all this was going on, Moore was working on a new Bible study with her daughter Melissa on the New Testament’s letter to Galatians.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2021

They sat through the service and listened to the Bath minister’s breathy sermon from Galatians, and when the last chords of Lillian Woodward’s postlude finished, they stood up.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt