Galilee porch or chapel

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• galilee — [gal′ə lē΄] n. [ME galilie < ML galilaea < L Galilaea, Galilee: ? because, being at the less sacred western end, it was compared with the scriptural “Galilee of the Gentiles”] a porch or chapel at the western entrance of certain medieval… …   English World dictionary

• Galilee (church architecture) — A galilee is a chapel or porch at the west end of some churches where penitents waited before admission to the body of the church and where clergy received women who had business with them.The first reference to this type of narthex is most… …   Wikipedia

• galilee —   n. church porch, or chapel at entrance …   Dictionary of difficult words

• galilee — noun Etymology: Anglo French, from Medieval Latin galilaea, probably from Galilaea Galilee, from Latin Date: 15th century a chapel or porch at the entrance of an English church …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Ely Cathedral — Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity The West Tower (1174 97) …   Wikipedia

• English Gothic architecture — Westminster Hall and its hammerbeam roof, pictured in the early 19th century. English Gothic is the name of the architectural style that flourished in England from about 1180 until about 1520. Contents …   Wikipedia

• church — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. worship, service; ministry; denomination; Christendom, Holy Church; chapel, cathedral, synagogue, temple. See religion. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A building consecrated to worship] Syn. house of God,… …   English dictionary for students

• Ecclesiastical Architecture — • All ecclesiastical architecture may be said to have been evolved from two distinct germ cells, the oblong and the circular chamber Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastical Architecture     Ecclesiastic …   Catholic encyclopedia

• gallery — [15] The original meaning of gallery in English was ‘long roofed walk way along the wall of a building’; the present sense ‘room or building for the exhibition of paintings, sculpture, etc’ did not develop until the end of the 16th century.… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• gallery — [15] The original meaning of gallery in English was ‘long roofed walk way along the wall of a building’; the present sense ‘room or building for the exhibition of paintings, sculpture, etc’ did not develop until the end of the 16th century.… …   Word origins

• Ely — • Ancient diocese in England Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ely     Ely     † Catholic Encyc …   Catholic encyclopedia