"basilica" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bəˈsɪlɪkə/ [UK] Audio: en-us-basilica.ogg Forms: basilicas [plural], basilicae [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin basilica, 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|basilica}} Latin basilica, {{der|en|grc|βᾰσῐλῐκή}} Ancient Greek βᾰσῐλῐκή (basilikḗ), {{doublet|en|basoche}} Doublet of basoche Head templates: {{en-noun|s|basilicae}} 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. Categories (topical): Architecture Translations (Christian church building having a nave): бази́лика (bazílika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), basílica [feminine] (Catalan), 巴西利卡 (bāxīlìkǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 大聖堂 (Chinese Mandarin), 大圣堂 (dàshèngtáng) (Chinese Mandarin), bazilika [feminine] (Czech), basilika [common-gender] (Danish), basiliek [feminine] (Dutch), baziliko (Esperanto), basiilika (Estonian), basilika (Finnish), kirkko (Finnish), basilique [feminine] (French), Basilika [feminine] (German), βασιλική (vasilikí) [feminine] (Greek), bazilika (Hungarian), baziliko (Ido), basilika (Indonesian), baisleac [feminine] (Irish), basilica [feminine] (Italian), バシリカ (bashirika) (Japanese), 聖堂 (seidō) (alt: せいどう) (Japanese), bazilika [feminine] (Latvian), bazilika [feminine] (Lithuanian), базилика (bazilika) [feminine] (Macedonian), basilika (Malay), ard-cheeill [feminine] (Manx), basilika [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bazylika [feminine] (Polish), basílica [feminine] (Portuguese), bazilică [feminine] (Romanian), бази́лика (bazílika) [feminine] (Russian), базѝлика [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bazìlika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bazilika [feminine] (Slovak), bazilika [feminine] (Slovene), basílica [feminine] (Spanish), basilika [common-gender] (Swedish), basilika (Tagalog), มหาวิหาร (má-hǎa-wí-hǎan) (Thai), bazilika (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-basilica-en-noun-3w6N0N9J Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'Christian church building having a nave': 71 28 1
  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. Categories (topical): Christianity, Places of worship
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  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. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-basilica-en-noun-2r1ZtRT~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: archbasilica, basilical, basilican

Inflected forms

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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Christian church building having a nave",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
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      "word": "มหาวิหาร"
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