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Galilean
1[ gal-uh-ley-uhn, -lee- ]
Galilean
1/ ˌɡælɪˈleɪən /
adjective
- of or relating to Galileo
Galilean
2/ ˌɡælɪˈliːən /
noun
- a native or inhabitant of Galilee
- an epithet of Jesus Christ
- often plural a Christian
adjective
- of Galilee
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A Galilean said, "When the shepherd is angry with his flock, he appoints for its leader a blind bellwether."
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"The Gospel," after the manner of the synoptics, was a Galilean work.
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Not only was the apostolate Galilean,—it was plebeian, and that without a solitary exception.
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At any rate Alexander crucified two sons of Simon the Galilean, who had headed a revolt in the time of the census.
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In reality, no one (not even the Galilean women) declared that they had seen the resurrection.
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