'Galilean' definitions:

Definition of 'Galilean'

adjective

Of or relating to Galileo or his works

adjective

Of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants [syn: Galilean, Galilaean]

noun

An inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ) [syn: Galilean, Galilaean]

noun

One of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo [syn: Galilean satellite, Galilean]

From: GCIDE

Galilean \Gal`i*le"an\, a. [L. Galilaeus, fr. Galilaea Galilee, Gr. ?: cf. F. galil['e]en.] Of or relating to Galilee. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Galilean \Gal`i*le"an\, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine under the Romans. [1913 Webster]
2. (Jewish Hist.) One of the party among the Jews, who opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans; -- called also Gaulonite. [1913 Webster]
3. A Christian in general; -- used as a term of reproach by Mohammedans and Pagans. --Byron. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Galilean \Gal`i*le"an\, a. Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. See Telescope. [1913 Webster]

Galilean an inhabitant or native of Galilee. This word was used as a name of contempt as applied to our Lord's disciples (Luke 22:59; Acts 2:7). All the apostles, with the exception of Judas Iscariot (Acts 1:11), were Galileans. Peter was detected by his Galilean accent (Matt. 26:69; Mark 14:70).
This was also one of the names of reproach given to the early Christians. Julian the Apostate, as he is called, not only used the epithet himself when referring to Christ and his apostles, but he made it a law that no one should ever call the Christians by any other name.