basilica

See also: basílica

English

Basilica built by the Emperor Maxentius, Rome (ruins)
Interior of St. Francis of Assisi Basilica, Assisi

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).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bəˈsɪlɪkə/
  • (file)

Noun

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.
  2. A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, a honorific status granted by the pope to recognize its historical, architectural, or sacramental importance.
  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.

Translations


Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbaːˈzi.li.kaː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧si‧li‧ca

Noun

basilica f (plural basilica's, diminutive basilicaatje n)

  1. basilica

Synonyms


Italian

Etymology

Probably a borrowing from (Medieval) Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ).

Noun

basilica f (plural basiliche)

  1. basilica
  2. church

Derived terms

See also


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). Confer with rēgia and see also palatium, aula.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /baˈsi.li.ka/, [baˈsɪ.lɪ.ka]

Noun

basilica f (genitive basilicae); first declension

  1. basilica
  2. church (medieval)
  3. oblong hall with colonnade as a court of law/exchange

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative basilica basilicae
Genitive basilicae basilicārum
Dative basilicae basilicīs
Accusative basilicam basilicās
Ablative basilicā basilicīs
Vocative basilica basilicae

Descendants

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, 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 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
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