BASILICA
\bazˈɪlɪkə], \bazˈɪlɪkə], \b_a_z_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_k_ə]\
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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.
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A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached.
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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.
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A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century.
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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.
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A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached.
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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.
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A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century.
By Noah Webster.
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).