basilica
IPA: bʌsˈɪɫɪkʌ
noun
- (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.
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Examples of "basilica" in Sentences
- The interior of the basilica is dimly lit.
- The house is now the rectory of the Basilica.
- The basilica is 610 feet long and 449 feet at its widest.
- Her relics are stored in a marble reliquary in the Basilica.
- The newfound remains were placed in a sarcophagus in the basilica.
- In the summer of 1980, the first phase of the Basilica was blessed.
- The church is a basilica in the classical style of the renaissanceand.
- He was interred in the Basilica of San Lorenzo, the Medici necropolis.
- After visiting the Basilica, we can admire the Patio of the Evangelists.
- The reliquary used during the procession is displayed in the Basilica Museum.
- The feast day of the Basilica of St. John Lateran has never been a solemnity.
- The basilica is set in a grassy area where the apostle Paul is said to have been buried — a favorite picnic ground for Roman families.
- I take _basilica_ to mean the saunterers in a basilica, as we might say "the park" for the company in it, "the exchange" for the brokers in it.
- Although the basilica is a popular tourist attraction on weekends, on the weekday afternoon in late spring when I arrived, mine was the only car on the road.
- We are in awe, laughing at our fortune, basking in our faith, just under the covered entrance to the basilica, which is packed with people and human breath and perspiration.
- The handsome grey stone church -- now dignified as a "basilica" -- which has been built of late years, attests the faith of many thousands who have offered their supplications at the shrine of La bonne Ste.