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Definition of Basilica

1. Noun. An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges. "The church was raised to the rank of basilica"

Definition of Basilica

1. n. Originally, the palace of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose.

2. n. A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century.

Definition of Basilica

1. Noun. (architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory. ¹

2. Noun. A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Basilica

1. an ancient Roman building [n -CAS or -CAE]

Medical Definition of Basilica

1. Origin: L. Basilica, Gr. (sc, or) fr. Royal, fr. King. Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose. 2. A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc, attached. A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Basilica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Interior view of Trajan's basilica (basilica Ulpia), as restored by Canina. ... The relation of the civil basilica of the Romans to the Christian have the ..."

2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"resulting from the very limited character of the explorations so far made, north of the Forum. The basilica Julia, later than either of the buildings above ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Adjoining the horseshoe-shaped passage are a number of chapels in which very remarkable antiquities and works of art from the old basilica are preserved. ..."

4. Discourses on Architecture by Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1875)
"But when he describes the basilica of Fano, whose construction he himself ... His description of this basilica runs as follows, and it is well to observe ..."

5. A History of Architectural Development by Frederick Moore Simpson (1913)
"The basilica commenced by Maxentius and finished by Con- ... Inside, instead of ninety-six granite columns as in Trajan's basilica, there were only four ..."

6. Medieval Art: From the Peace of the Church to the Eve of the Renaissance by William Richard Lethaby (1904)
"Christian basilica, from Baikal near Dongola, ... Christian basilica of sixth century at Kef, North Africa, partly vaulted, from Diehl's " Justinian," East. ..."

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