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Definition of Basileus
1. Noun. A ruler of the eastern Roman Empire.
Definition of Basileus
1. Noun. A title of the Byzantine emperor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Basileus
Literary usage of Basileus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theophano, the Crusade of the Tenth Century: A Romantic Monograph by Frederic Harrison (1904)
"My learned Lords," said the basileus, " I hope that we may now finally pass the
new law that we have in draft on ' Gifts to monasteries, hospitals, ..."
2. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1877)
"basileus, so common in charters, is very rare anywhere else. ... That of these
titles Casere, basileus, and Imperator are meant to be Imperial in the ..."
3. Handbook to Christian and Ecclesiastical Rome by Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker, Hope Malleson (1897)
"... La Nunziatella—VIA ARDEATINA: catacombs of Balbina, Domitilla, basileus—VIA
NOMENTANA : catacombs of S. Nicomede, of S. Agnese, ..."
4. A History of Cambridgeshire by John William Edward Conybeare (1897)
"... ancestral style "Victoria R. et I." We may perhaps be allowed to regret that
the more locally characteristic basileus has so entirely become obsolete. ..."
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