Galilean

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Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to Galilee, or a native or inhabitant thereof.

Translations

• German: galiläisch
• Italian: galileano, galileana
• Portuguese: galileu

Translations

• German: galiläisch
• Italian: galileano, galileana

Noun

Galilean (plural Galileans)

1. A native or resident of Galilee.
2. (historical) A zealous follower of Judas of Galilee, who fiercely resented the taxation of the Romans, and whose violence contributed to induce the latter to vow the extermination of the whole race.
3. (by extension, sometimes, derogatory) A Christian.

Translations

• Portuguese: galileu

Translations

• Portuguese: galileu

Proper noun

1. Jesus Christ.

Adjective

Galilean

1. (philosophy) Of or pertaining to the Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Galileo Galilei.

Translations

• German: galileisch
• Italian: galileiano, galileiana
• Portuguese: galileano
• Spanish: galileano

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