Synonyms for gallery
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gal-uh-ree, gal-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæl ə ri, ˈgæl ri |
Top 10 synonyms for gallery Other synonyms for the word gallery
Définition of gallery
Origin :- c.1500, from Middle French galerie "a long portico" (14c.), from Medieval Latin galeria, of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of galilea "church porch," which is probably from Latin Galilaea "Galilee," the northernmost region of Palestine (see Galilee); church porches sometimes were so called from being at the far end of the church.
- Super altare Beatæ Mariæ in occidentali porte ejusdem ecclesiæ quæ Galilæ a vocatur. [c.1186 charter in "Durham Cathedral"]
- Sense of "building to house art" first recorded 1590s; that of "people who occupy a (theater) gallery" (contrasted with "gentlemen of the pit") first by Lovelace, 1640s, hence to play to the gallery (1867).
- noun balcony
- noun showplace for wares
- noun audience, usually seated high
- In the Peer's gallery were the foremost members of the House of Lords.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- A long vault, corresponding to the gallery above, led to these cellars.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Her picture, of course, is already in the Rogues' Gallery, but they will take another.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- And now, may I have the honor of asking you to accept the escort of Mr. Cassidy to our gallery.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The one you've got of me in the Gallery is over ten years old.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Far down at the other end of the gallery they could hear the watchman coming.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- Anyone else can see it who wanders into the Gallery of the Prado.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- Otherwise he would not have discharged his men before the fourth gallery was begun.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- He had disappeared in the darkness behind a higher arch in the roof of the gallery.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- He led the way upstairs into the gallery surrounding the hall.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
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