Galatians
[guh-ley-shuh nz] /gəˈleɪ ʃənz/
noun, (used with a singular verb)
1.
a book in the New Testament, written to the Christians in .
Abbreviation: Gal.
/ɡəˈleɪʃənz; -ʃɪənz/
noun
1.
(functioning as sing) a book of the New Testament (in full The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians)
from Galatia, region in Asia Minor, from Greek Galatia, based on Gaul, in reference to the Gaulish people who conquered the region and settled there 3c. B.C.E.
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