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GALILEE , an architectural See also:term sometimes given to a See also:porch or See also:chapel which formed the entrance to a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church. This is the See also:case at See also:Durham and See also:Ely cathedrals, and in See also:Lincoln See also:cathedral the name is sometimes given to the See also:south-See also:west porch. The name is said to be derived from the scriptural expression " Galilee of the Gentiles " (Matt. iv. 15). Galilees are supposed to have been used sometimes as courts of See also:law, but they probably served chiefly for penitents not yet admitted to the See also:body of the church. The Galilee would also appear to have been the See also:vestibule of an See also:abbey church where See also:women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or from which they could hear divine service. The See also:foundation of what is considered to have been a Galilee exists at the west end of Fountains Abbey. Sometimes also corpses were placed there before interment.
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