galilee

Etymology
From late, from , from , from. Possibly the allusion is to Galilee being an outlying region of Biblical Palestine.

Noun

 * 1)  A narthex, particularly in the United Kingdom and the Church of England; a vestibule, a fully-enclosed yet porch-like structure, leading to the main body of an English ecclesiastical building.
 * 2) In certain Syriac Christian churches, the baptistry.