What does basilica mean?
Basilica means (architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory..
Basilica
/bəˈsɪlɪkə/ · noun
Meaning
(architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory..
Definitions by Sense
- (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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Word Forms
- basilicas
- basilicae
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