Găl'i-lee, n.

n. [Supposed to have been so termed in allusion to the scriptural “Galilee of the Gentiles.”] (Arch.) A porch or chapel, usually at the west end of an abbey-church, where the monks collected in returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where females were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Gwilt.