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Webster 1913 Edition
Basilic
Ba-sil′ic
,Noun.
[F.
basilique
.] Basilica.
Webster 1828 Edition
Basilic
BAS'ILIC
,Noun.
Anciently, a public hall or court of judicature, where princes and magistrates sat to administer justice. It was a large hall, with aisles, porticoes, tribunes, and tribunals. The bankers also had a part allotted for their residence. These edifices, at first, were the palaces of princes, afterwards courts of justice, and finally converted into churches. Hence basilic now signifies a church, chapel,cathedral, or royal palace.
BAS'ILIC
,Noun.