[ˈɡal(ə)ri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a room or building for the display or sale of works of art
(e.g: an art gallery)

- a balcony or upper floor projecting from an interior back or side wall of a hall or church, providing space for an audience or musicians
(e.g: in the minstrels' gallery, a string orchestra plays themes from film soundtracks)

- a long room or passage, typically one that is partly open at the side to form a portico or colonnade


Phrases:
- play to the gallery

Origin:
late Middle English (in gallery): via Old French from Italian galleria ‘gallery’, formerly also ‘church porch’, from medieval Latin galeria, perhaps an alteration of galilea (see galilee)