galilean

Galilean
    adj 1: of or relating to Galileo or his works
    2: of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants [syn:
       {Galilean}, {Galilaean}]
    n 1: an inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ) [syn:
         {Galilean}, {Galilaean}]
    2: one of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by
       Galileo [syn: {Galilean satellite}, {Galilean}]
    

Galilean \Gal`i*le"an\, a.
   Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. See
   {Telescope}.
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Galilean \Gal`i*le"an\, a. [L. Galilaeus, fr. Galilaea Galilee,
   Gr. ?: cf. F. galil['e]en.]
   Of or relating to Galilee.
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Galilean \Gal`i*le"an\, n.
   1. A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province
      of Palestine under the Romans.
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   2. (Jewish Hist.) One of the party among the Jews, who
      opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans; -- called
      also {Gaulonite}.
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   3. A Christian in general; -- used as a term of reproach by
      Mohammedans and Pagans. --Byron.
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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.