1) Ancient Roman architecture 2) Apse locale 3) Apse setting 4) Cathedral 5) Christian term 6) Church 7) Church building 8) Early church building 9) Frequent dome site 10) It has an apse 11) Medieval church 12) Minster 13) Papal throne site 14) Vatican attraction 15) Vatican church
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1) Church
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A church to which special privileges are attached. It is a title of honor given to various kinds of churches.
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originally a Roman, large roofed hall erected for transacting business and disposing of legal matters.; later the term came to describe an aisled building with a clerestory. Medieval cathedral plans were a development of the basilica plan type.
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A large building where town business was carried out (like a modern Town Hall)
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Roman Catholic church given special privileges
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• (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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[Noun] An oblong church with a rounded end.
Example: The choir was singing in the basilica.
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(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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(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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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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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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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 roo...
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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 t...
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A large building where town business was carried out (like a modern Town Hall)
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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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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 ...
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A word for a large church.
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Originally a basilica was the palace of a king; but afterwards, the term applied to an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, the term is applied to any large hall used for this purpose. The Roman basilica was used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with cour...
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a church to which special privileges are attached. It is a title of honour given to various kinds of Churches.
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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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(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 prescrib...
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A Roman building or early Christian church
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noun a Roman building used for public administration
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(Latin; pl. basilicas: large, tower-like structure, one at either side of a Roman stage). Usually roofed, these tall, rectangular structures served as a theatre foyer and contained openings
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