Gallery
Origin
From Old French galerie, gallerie ("a long portico, a gallery"), from Medieval Latin galeria ("gallery"), perhaps an alteration of galilea "church porch," probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Palestine. More at Galilee.
Full definition of gallery
Noun
gallery
(plural galleries)- An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art.
- An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
- Uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
- A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side
- as a whole, the spectators of an event.
- 2011, November 12, , International friendly: England 1-0 Spain, Capello was missing his son's wedding in Milan to take charge – yet his reshaped England team gave him cause for a double celebration as they overturned the odds in front of a delighted Wembley gallery.