Look up: basilica

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   Basilica
   (Latin) a Roman public building used as an exchange and law court; the origin of the word basilica is the ancient Greek word basileus, king; a basilica was originally a royal palace, but for the Romans it served judicial and business purposes; according to Vitruvius' De Architectura Libri Decem, the dimensions of the basilica had to follow prescribed standards, for example, the width of the basilica had to be one half to one third of its length; the earliest basilica in Roma was built by Cato the Elder in 184 BCE; in the Roman forum, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and Marcus Fulvius Nobilior built the Basilica Aemilia in 179 BCE; Julius Caesar began building the Basilica Julia in 54 BCE and Augustus finished it.
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   basilica
   [Noun] An oblong church with a rounded end.
   Example: The choir was singing in the basilica.
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   Basilica
   A large building where town business was carried out (like a modern Town Hall)
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   basilica
   [n] - an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica 2. [n] - a Roman building used for public administration
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   Basilica
   Term originally used to describe a Roman town hall, but later to describe a rectangular hall-like building, normally with a roof supported by two or more arcades (ie aisled).
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   basilica
   town hall
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   basilica
   Roman public building; a large, roofed hall flanked by columns, generally with an aisle on each side, used for judicial or other public business. The earliest known basilica, at Pompeii, dates from...
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   basilica
   A Roman building or early Christian church
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   basilica
   A large public building, in or near the forum of a Roman city, which was used as a town hall and law courts and housed shops. Rectangular in shape with a central nave and, usually, with a pair of side aisles lit by clerestory windows. The building type was used in the Christian period as the blueprint for early churches. Varieties would include: - ...
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    Basilica
    During the Roman Empire this was a type of large public building with an open interior and usually with side aisles separated from the main space by rows of evenly spaced columns. The same form was adopted as a building type for Early Christian churches. Basilica churches have a rectangular plan on an east west axis and contain one to three aisles. ...
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    Basilica
    Ba·sil'i·ca noun ; plural Basilicas ; sometimes Basilicæ (-sē). [ Latin basilica , Greek basilikh` (sc. o'iki`a or stoa` from basiliko`s royal, from basiley`s king.] 1. Originally, the palace of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies wer ...
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    Basilica
    Ba·sil'i·ca noun A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century. P. Cyc.
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    basilica
    Origin: L. Basilica, Gr. (sc, or) fr. Royal, fr. King. ... Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose. ... 2. A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms ...
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    basilica
    noun a Roman building used for public administration
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    Basilica
    The Latin word `basilica` , was originally used to describe a Roman public building (as in Greece, mainly a tribunal), usually located at the center of a Roman town (forum). In Hellenistic cities, public basilicas appeared in the 2nd century BC. After the Roman Empire became officially Christian, the term came by extension to refer to a large and important church that has been given special ceremonial rites by the Pope. Thus the word retains two...
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    Basilica
    • (n.) A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century. • (n.) A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached. • (n.) A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from t...
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    Basilica
    (from the article `Palladio, Andrea`) In 1546 Palladio prepared designs for the reconstruction of the 15th-century town hall in Vicenza, known since then as the Basilica, and in 1548 ...
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    basilica
    in the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches, a canonical title of honour given to church buildings that are distinguished either by their ... [12 related articles]
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    Basilica
    (from Greek basilikos, `imperial`), 9th-century Byzantine code of law initiated by the emperor Basil I and completed after the accession of his son ... [6 related articles]
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    Basilica
    In ancient Rome the basilica was a public building which served several purposes of an institutional nature, both civil and religious. The building was generally rectangular and was divided by colonnades. The wall at one end formed a semi-circular or rectangular apse. The term later came to mean a Christian church which adopted the same design as the Roman basilica.
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    basilica
    basilica (busil'iku) , large building erected by the Romans for transacting business and disposing of legal matters. Rectangular in form with a roofed hall, the building usually contained an interior colonnade, with an apse at one end or at each end. The central aisle tended to be wide and was h...
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