Galilean Definition & Meaning

galilean
adjective
  1. of or relating to Galileo or his works
  2. of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants
noun
  1. an inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ)
  2. one of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo

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