What is "gallery gods"

God \God\ (g[o^]d), n. [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. gu[eth], go[eth], Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. h[=u], p. p. h[=u]ta, to call upon, invoke, implore. [root]30. Cf. Goodbye, Gospel, Gossip.]

1. A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol.

   He maketh a god, and worshipeth it.
   --Is. xliv. 15.

   The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down To bestial gods.
   --Milton.

2. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.

   God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
   --John iv. 24.

3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard.

   Whose god is their belly.
   --Phil. iii. 19.

4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. [R.] --Shak. Act of God. (Law) See under Act. Gallery gods, the occupants of the highest and cheapest gallery of a theater. [Colloq.] God's acre, God's field, a burial place; a churchyard. See under Acre. God's house.

   1. An almshouse. [Obs.]

   2. A church.

      God's penny, earnest penny. [Obs.]
      --Beau. & Fl.

      God's Sunday, Easter.