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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Basilica
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(1):
(n.) A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century.
(4):
(n.) A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Basilica'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/basilica.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Basilica'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/basilica.html. 1828.