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basilica

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See also: basílica and Basilica

English

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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.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bəˈsɪlɪkə/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

basilica (plural basilicas or basilicae)

  1. (architecture) 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.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbaːˈzi.li.kaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧si‧li‧ca

Noun

basilica f (plural basilica's, diminutive basilicaatje n)

  1. basilica

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Italian

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Etymology

Probably a borrowing from (Medieval) Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈzi.li.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ilika
  • Hyphenation: ba‧sì‧li‧ca

Noun

basilica f (plural basiliche)

  1. basilica
  2. church

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See also

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ), from βασιλικὴ στοά/οἰκία (basilikḕ stoá/oikía, “royal hall”), from βασιλικός (basilikós, “regal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king, chief”). Compare with rēgia and see also palatium, aula.

Pronunciation

Noun

basilica f (genitive basilicae); first declension

  1. basilica
  2. church (medieval, Eastern Orthodox)
  3. oblong hall with colonnade as a court of law/exchange

Declension

First-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...

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References

  • “basilica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “basilica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "basilica", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “basilica”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “basilica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “basilica”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
  • “basilica”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • “basilica”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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