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basilica en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /bəˈsɪlɪkə/ (UK)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βᾰσῐλῐκή (băsĭlĭkḗ), from βᾰσῐλῐκὴ στοά (băsĭlĭkḕ stoá, “royal hall”), ultimately from βασιλικός (basilikós, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king, chief”). Doublet of basoche.

Meanings

1. A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
2. A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, an honorific status granted by the pope to recognize its historical, architectural, or sacramental importance.
3. (obsolete) An apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; hence, any large hall used for this purpose.

Forms

Deriveds

basilical · basilican · archbasilica

Translations (40)

es basílica (Christian church building having a nave) · cmn 大聖堂 /大圣堂 (Christian church building having a nave) · it basilica (Christian church building having a nave) · lv bazilika (Christian church building having a nave) · hu bazilika (Christian church building having a nave) · fr basilique (Christian church building having a nave) · fi kirkko (Christian church building having a nave) · lt bazilika (Christian church building having a nave) · ms basilika (Christian church building having a nave) · ja 聖堂 (Christian church building having a nave) · et basiilika (Christian church building having a nave) · ro bazilică (Christian church building having a nave) · ca basílica (Christian church building having a nave) · nb basilika (Christian church building having a nave) · io baziliko (Christian church building having a nave) · sv basilika (Christian church building having a nave) · ru бази́лика (Christian church building having a nave) · mk базилика (Christian church building having a nave) · da basilika (Christian church building having a nave) · eo baziliko (Christian church building having a nave) · sh bazìlika (Christian church building having a nave) · fi basilika (Christian church building having a nave) · th มหาวิหาร (Christian church building having a nave) · pl bazylika (Christian church building having a nave) · ga baisleac (Christian church building having a nave) · sl bazilika (Christian church building having a nave) · ja バシリカ (Christian church building having a nave) · id basilika (Christian church building having a nave) · cs bazilika (Christian church building having a nave) · tl basilika (Christian church building having a nave) · tr bazilika (Christian church building having a nave) · nl basiliek (Christian church building having a nave) · pt basílica (Christian church building having a nave) · el βασιλική (Christian church building having a nave) · gv ard-cheeill (Christian church building having a nave) · sk bazilika (Christian church building having a nave) · bg бази́лика (Christian church building having a nave) · de Basilika (Christian church building having a nave) · sh базѝлика (Christian church building having a nave) · cmn 巴西利卡 (Christian church building having a nave)