/gal"euh lee'/ , n.
a porch or vestibule, often on the ground floor of a tower, at the entrance of some English churches.
[ 1585-95; galilaea porch of a church, lit., GALILEE; perh. alluding to Galilee as a country of Gentiles (as opposed to Judaea), the porch being an area esp. associated with the laity ]