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Webster 1913 Edition


Basilic

Ba-sil′ic

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Noun.
[F.
basilique
.]
Basilica.

Webster 1828 Edition


Basilic

BAS'ILIC

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Noun.
s as z. [L. basilica; Gr. a king.]
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

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Noun.
[See Basil.] The middle vein of the arm, or the interior branch of the axillary vein, so called by way of eminence.

BAS'ILIC


Definition 2024


basilic

basilic

English

Noun

basilic (plural basilics)

  1. A basilica.

Adjective

basilic (comparative more basilic, superlative most basilic)

  1. royal; kingly
  2. basilican
  3. (anatomy) Relating to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, such as the basilic vein.


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.zi.lik/

Noun

basilic m (plural basilics)

  1. basilisk (lizard, mythological serpent)
  2. basil (plant, herb)
  3. (heraldry) basilisk

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