See Also: Gallery(medicine)
gallery(dictionary)
gallery(encyclopedia)
art gallery(dictionary)
gallery(dictionary)
Gallery - Poker(gambling)
Strangers' Gallery, the(dictionary)
Tate Gallery(dictionary)
press gallery(dictionary)
shooting gallery(dictionary)

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[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: galeria, perhaps from galilaea 'small room for praying in inside a church', probably from Galilaea 'Galilee', area in Palestine where Christ traveled and taught]
a) a large building where people can see famous pieces of art
::an exhibition of African art at the Hayward Gallery
::details of museums and art galleries in the city
b) a small privately owned shop or studio where you can see and buy pieces of art
a) an upper floor or balcony built on an inner wall of a hall, theatre, or church, from which people can watch a performance, discussion etc
::the public gallery in Congress
in the gallery
::We could only afford seats up in the gallery.
b) the gallery
the people sitting in a gallery
play to the gallery
to do or say something just because you think it will please people and make you popular
a level passage under the ground in a mine or cave
-see also press gallery , shooting gallery