basilica

Significat (Anglès)

1. 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, an 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.

Conceptes

basílica

Sinònims

Roman basilica

basil

sweet basil

common basil

Traduccions

basilique

basilica

basílica

Basilika

basílica

basiliek

βασιλική

bazilika

basilica

basilica

كاتدرائية

basouque

ρυθμός βασιλικής

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/bəˈsɪlɪkə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βᾰσῐλῐκή (băsĭlĭkḗ), from βᾰσῐλῐκὴ στοά (băsĭlĭkḕ stoá, “royal hall”), ultimately from βασιλικός (basilikós, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king, chief”). Doublet of basoche.