Galilean
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Galileans (or Galilæans) were members of a fanatical sect (Zealots), followers of Judas of Galilee, who fiercely resented the taxation of the Romans, and whose violence contributed to induce the latter to vow the extermination of the whole race.
More generically, a Galilean is an inhabitant of Galilee.
Galilean, as an adjective, describes some aspects of mathematics or astronomy associated with Galileo: see for example Galilean moons and Galilean transformation.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
