galilee

  1. Proper noun.  A mountainous geographic region in northern Israel.
  2. Proper noun.  The Sea of Galilee.
  3. Noun.  (architecture) A narthex, particularly in the United Kingdom and the Church of England; a vestibule, a fully-enclosed yet porch-like structure, leading to the main body of an English ecclesiastical building.
  4. Noun.  In certain Syriac Christian churches, the baptistry.

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