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/bəˈsilikə/,
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basilicas, plural;
  1. A large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse, used in ancient Rome as a court of law or for public assemblies

  2. A similar building used as a Christian church

  3. The name given to certain churches granted special privileges by the pope

  1. 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"
  2. a Roman building used for public administration
  3. The Latin word basilica (derived from Greek, Basilikè Stoá, Royal Stoa, the tribunal chamber of a king), was originally used to describe a Roman public building, usually located in the forum of a Roman town. Public basilicas begin to appear in Hellenistic cities in the 2nd century BC.
  4. Basilica is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.
  5. a church building, usually facing east, with a tall main nave and two or four side aisles of lesser height. There may also be a transept between the nave and the choir, which is reserved for the clergy. ...
  6. conventional name for a hall built to accommodate large numbers of people for civic and administrative purposes
  7. A large building where town business was carried out (like a modern Town Hall)
  8. A large, rectangular building often built with a clerestory and side aisles seperated from the center nave by colonnades.
  9. an oblong hall or building used as a law court or assembly hall in the Roman empire. The basilica form was adopted as an appropriate style for a Christian church after Christianity became the official religion of the Roman empire in the fourth century, and again in the Renaissance, for example, ...
  10. originally designating a Roman public building with civic and judicial functions, this term and the associated architectural elements were later borrowed for large or ceremonially important Catholic churches. ...
  11. rectangular building used as a meeting hall.
  12. Roman colonnaded hall; later a type of church
  13. In Roman architecture, a public building for assemblies, especially tribunals, rectangular in plan, entered on a long side. In Christian architecture, an early church somewhat resembling the Roman basilica; usually entered from one end with an apse at the other creating an axial plan.
  14. A church to which special privileges are attached. It is a title of honor given to various kinds of churches.
  15. Church built according to the plan of ancient buildings. Generally rectangular and which may have one or more naves.
  16. Originally a Roman, large roofed hall erected for transacting business and disposing of legal matters.; later the term came to describe an aisled building with a clerestory. Medieval cathedral plans were a development of the basilica plan type.
  17. di San Paolo fuori le Mura — also known in English as the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls — is one of five churches considered to be the great ancient basilicas of Rome, Italy.
  18. In ancient Rome, a large oblong building used as a hall of justice and public meeting place. An early Christian or medieval church of the type built especially in Italy, characterized by a floorplan including a nave, two or four side aisles, a semicircular apse, a narthex and often other ...
  19. an oblong building ending in a semicircular apse common in Roman architecture
  20. Rectangular hall with double colonnade and apse for altar at one (east) end, used by the Romans for law courts and other assemblies and later for the basic Christian church form. Usually with a raised central section, with clerestory windows, and the main entrance at the opposite (west) end.
  21. originally a Roman judgement hall; later used to mean a building with arcades, aisles and clerestories.
  22. Cathedral in Chyrellos. Seat of Elene church Hierarchy.
  23. An ancient Roman floor plan for a style of building which was used as a meeting place and a hall of judgment. The plan consisted of a central nave, which terminated into an apse, flanked by two side aisles. ...
  24. Indicates either the architectural style of a church, or a church that has been accorded certain privileges by the Pope.
  25. In ancient Roman architecture, a large meeting hall most often used for the law courts. The basilica could also contain the stock exchange, business and offices administrative offices, and therefore was a physical link between law and business. ...