galleried

galleried
gallery ► NOUN (pl. galleries) 1) a room or building for the display or sale of works of art. 2) a balcony or upper floor projecting from a back or side wall inside a hall or church. 3) the highest balcony in a theatre, having the cheapest seats. 4) (the gallery) a group of spectators. 5) a long room or passage forming a portico or colonnade. 6) a horizontal underground passage in a mine.
● play to the gallery — Cf. ↑play to the gallery
DERIVATIVES galleried adjective.
ORIGIN Italian galleria 'gallery' , formerly also 'church porch' , from Latin galeria.

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