basilique

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French

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Basilique Saint-Marc, Venise

Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ). Compare the inherited doublet basoche.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ba.zi.lik/
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Noun

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basilique f (plural basiliques)

  1. (Antiquity) covered building, Civil reunion place open to the public
  2. (architecture) a Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory
  3. a Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, an honorific status granted by the pope to recognize its historical, architectural, or sacramental importance

Synonyms

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(place of christian prayer): basilica

Further reading

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Old French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos).

Noun

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basilique oblique singularm (oblique plural basiliques, nominative singular basiliques, nominative plural basilique)

  1. basilisk (legendary reptile)
  2. basil (herb)

Descendants

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References

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  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (basilic, supplement)