basilica
English


Etymology
Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Ancient Greek βᾰσῐλῐκή (basilikḗ), from βᾰσῐλῐκὴ στοά (basilikḕ 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)
- (architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
- A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, an honorific status granted by the pope to recognize its historical, architectural, or sacramental importance.
- (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.
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbaːˈzi.li.kaː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ba‧si‧li‧ca
Synonyms
Related terms
Italian
Etymology
Probably a borrowing from (Medieval) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈzi.li.ka/
- Rhymes: -ilika
- Hyphenation: ba‧sì‧li‧ca
Noun
basilica f (plural basiliche)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- church
Derived terms
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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /baˈsi.li.ka/, [bäˈs̠ɪlʲɪkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /baˈsi.li.ka/, [bäˈs̬iːlikä]
Noun
basilica f (genitive basilicae); first declension
Declension
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Derived terms
Descendants
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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