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- Basilica - n. - 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.
- Basilica - n. - A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached.
- Basilica - n. - 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.
- Basilica - n. - A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century.
- Basilical - a. - Royal; kingly; also, basilican.
- Basilical - a. - Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm.
- Basilican - a. - Of, relating to, or resembling, a basilica; basilical.
- Basilicas - pl. - of Basilica
- Atrium - n. - An open court with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica or other church. The name was extended in the Middle Ages to the open churchyard or cemetery.
- Basilica - n. - 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.