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Definition: Basilica |
BasilicaNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "basilica" was first used: 1541. (references) |
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Literature | Basilica Originally the court of the Athenian archon, called the basileus, who used to give judgment in the stoa basilike. At Rome these courts of justice had their nave, aisles, porticoes, and tribunals; so that when used for Christian worship very little alteration was needed. The church of St. John Lateran at Rome was an ancient basilica. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Latin word, basilica (derived from Greek basiliké stoà, royal portal), was originally used to describe a Roman public building (as in Greece, mainly a tribunal), usually located at the centre of a Roman town (Forum).
After the Roman Empire became predominantly Christian, the term came, by extension, to refer to a large, historic, and important church that has been given special ceremonial rights by the Pope, and it is in this sense that it is normally used today.
Basilicas in this sense are divided into two classes, the greater or patriarchial basilicas, and the lesser basilicas.
Major Basilica
To the former class belong primarily those five great churches of Rome, which among other distinctions have a special "holy door" and to which a visit is always prescribed as one of the conditions for gaining the Roman Jubilee. They are also called patriarchial basilicas, seemingly as representative of the great ecclesiastical provinces of the world thus symbolically united in the heart of Christendom.
- St. John Lateran is the cathedral of the Pope, the Patriarch of Rome,
- St. Peter's Basilica is assigned to the Patriarch of Constantinople,
- St. Paul outside the Walls to the Patriarch of Alexandria,
- St. Mary Major to the Patriarch of Antioch,
- St. Lawrence outside the Walls to the Patriarch of Jerusalem.
Minor Basilica
The lesser basilicas are much more numerous, including nine or ten different churches in Rome, and a number of others. There has been a pronounced tendency of late years to add to their number.See list of basilicas.
See also:
- cathedral
- duomo
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Basilica."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Temple | Temple, cathedral, minster, church, kirk, chapel, meetinghouse, bethel, tabernacle, conventicle, basilica, fane, holy place, chantry, oratory. |
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Crosswords: Basilica |
| English words defined with "basilica": Basilic, Basilic/, basilican, Basilicas ♦ narthex. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "basilica": Apostles, where buried ♦ Basilics, Byzantine/Rhodian Sea-Law ♦ Quantas Empire Airways Ltd. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Basilica" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (basilica), Latin (a public building for law cases, an eye salve, basilica, black plaster, building of a court of justice, cathedral, church, etc./ a church, exchange, kind of vine, magnificent, oblong hall with colonnade as law court, princely, royal, splendid). |
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 | Basilica of Constantine / [by] C.G. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | San Marco's basilica, Venice, Italy. Campanile and church. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Aerial view of Venice, Italy, showing Saint Mark's Square, the Campanile above the domed roof of the Basilica of Saint Mark, and the Doge's Palace. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Basilica, Quebec. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Basilica immaculada" by Jorem Catilo Commentary: "Batangas city parish church built during the early 1900s." |
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| "Basilica" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.24% of the time. "Basilica" is used about 147 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.24% | 140 | 26,789 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.08% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (common) | 0.68% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 147 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "basilica": vena basilica. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "basilica": forum-basilica. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "basilica"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | basilika, basiliek. (various references) | |
Arabic | واقع عند القاعدة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | базилика. (various references) | |
Czech | bazilika. (various references) | |
Danish | basilika. (various references) | |
Dutch | basiliek. (various references) | |
Esperanto | baziliko. (various references) | |
French | basilique. (various references) | |
German | basilika. (various references) | |
Greek | ρυθμόσ βασιλικήσ, βασιλική, ναόσ τησ παλαιάσ χριστιανικήσ εποχήσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | székesegyház (cathedral). (various references) | |
Italian | basilica. (various references) | |
Manx | plaase reeoil, ard-cheeill (minster). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | asilicabay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | basílica (cathedral, minster). (various references) | |
Romanian | bazilicã. (various references) | |
Russian | базилика. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bazilika. (various references) | |
Spanish | basílica. (various references) | |
Swedish | basilika (Basil). (various references) | |
Turkish | bazilika. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | базиліка. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | basilica, basilicae, basilicam. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | 2 Chronicles Chapter 4, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai epoihsen thn aulhn twn ierewn kai thn aulhn thn megalhn kai quraV th aulh kai qurwmata autwn katakecalkwmena calkw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Fecit etiam atrium sacerdotum et basilicam grandem et ostia in basilica quae texit aere |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he made the porche of prestis, and a greet hous, and the dores in the hous, the whiche he couerde with brasse. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then he made the open space for the priests, and the great open space and its doors, plating the doors with brass. |
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| Language | 2 Chronicles Chapter 4, Verse 9 |
| Cebuano | Labut pa iyang gihimo ang sawang sa mga sacerdote, ug ang dakung sawang, ug mga pultahan alang sa sawang, ug gihal-opan ang mga pultahan niini sa tumbaga. |
| Croatian | Onda naèini trijem sveæenièki veliko dvorište s vratima koja prevuèe tuèem. |
| Danish | Fremdeles indrettede han Præsternes Forgård og den store Gård og Porte til Gården; Portfløjene overtrak han med Kobber. |
| Dutch | Verder maakte hij het voorhof der priesteren, en het grote voorhof, mitsgaders de deuren voor het voorhof, en overtoog hun deuren met koper. |
| Finnish | Ja hän teki pappien esipihan ja suuren esikartanon sekä esikartanon ovet; ja ovet hän päällysti vaskella. |
| French | Il fit le parvis des sacrificateurs, et le grand parvis avec ses portes, dont il couvrit d`airain les battants. |
| German | Er machte auch einen Hof für die Priester und einen großen Vorhof und Türen in den Vorhof und überzog die Türen mit Erz |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Raja Salomo juga membuat sebuah pelataran dalam untuk para imam, dan sebuah pelataran luar. Daun pintu pada gerbang-gerbang antara kedua pelataran itu dilapisi dengan perunggu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Setelah itu maka diperbuatnya pagar halaman segala imam dan pagar halaman yang besar itu serta dengan pintu-pintu pagar halaman itu, dan disalutkannya pintu keduanya itu dengan tembaga. |
| Italian | Fece il cortile dei sacerdoti, il gran cortile e le porte di detto cortile, che rivestì di bronzo. |
| Maori | I hanga ano e ia te marae o nga tohunga, me te marae nui, me nga tatau mo te marae; i whakakikoruatia nga tatau o aua wahi ki te parahi. |
| Norwegian | Så bygget han prestenes forgård og den store gård og dører til gården, og dørene klædde han med kobber. |
| Portuguese | Fez mais o átrio dos sacerdotes, e o átrio grande, e as suas portas, as quais revestiu de bronze. |
| Rumanian | A mai fqcut curtea preoyilor, wi curtea cea mare, cu poryile ei, ale cqror aripi le -a acoperit cu aramq |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "basilica": basilicae, basilican, basilicas. (additional references) | |
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"Basilica" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: balisica, Bamileke, Bascilica, basili, basilia, basiliar, basilic, basilicia, basilicum, basilik, basilike, Basilikon, basillica, Bassilekin, bassilica, besagic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "basilica" (pronounced buzi"luku or busi"luku) |
| 3 | -u k u | japonica, Seneca. |
| 3 | -u k u | japonica, Seneca. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-i-i-l-s" | |
-1 letter: basilic. | |
-2 letters: aaliis, alibis, bialis, cabals, sialic, silica. | |
-3 letters: aalii, abaci, albas, alias, alibi, baals, bails, balas, balsa, basal, basic, basil, biali, cabal, cilia, iliac, labia, laics, salic. | |
-4 letters: aals, abas, ails, alas, alba, albs, asci, baal, baas, bail, bals, bias, cabs, casa, ibis, ilia, isba, labs, lacs, laic, libs, sail, scab, sial, slab. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-i-i-l-s" | |
+1 letter: basilicae, basilican, basilicas. | |
+2 letters: cabalistic. | |
+3 letters: biracialism, cannibalise, cannibalism, castability, isallobaric. | |
+4 letters: actabilities, antiblackism, bicameralism, biracialisms, calibrations, cannibalised, cannibalises, cannibalisms, cannibalizes, capabilities, classifiable, misbalancing. | |
+5 letters: amicabilities, antiblackisms, ballistically, bibliomaniacs, bicameralisms, cannibalising, cannibalistic, castabilities, packabilities, placabilities, sybaritically, syllabicating, syllabication. | |
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