1. galilean - Noun
2. galilean - Adjective
3. Galilean - Proper noun
Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. See Telescope.
Of or relating to Galilee.
A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine under the Romans.
One of the party among the Jews, who opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans; -- called also Gaulonite.
A Christian in general; -- used as a term of reproach by Mohammedans and Pagans.
Source: Webster's dictionaryPrecisely because Galilean science is, in the formation of its concepts, the technic of a specific Lebenswelt, it does not and cannot transcend this Lebenswelt . It remains essentially within the basic experiential framework and within the universe of ends set by this reality. Herbert Marcuse
Last came, and last did go, The Pilot of the Galilean lake; Two massy keys he bore of metals twain, (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain). John Milton
And the Third World will continue to beckon to the First, reminding it of the Galilean vision of Christian solidarity. Penny Lernoux
It is related that when Julian had received the wound, he filled his hand with blood, flung it into the air and cried, "Thou hast won, O Galilean." Theodoret
The Pilot of the Galilean Lake. Jesus Christ
Aboard JUICE, UVS will get close-up views of the Galilean moons Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, all thought to host liquid water beneath their icy surfaces. Source: Internet