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basilican

basilican adjective: of, relating to, or resembling a basilica; basilical.

Adjective

basilican (comparative more basilican, superlative most basilican)

  1. Of, relating to, or resembling a basilica; basilical.
    • There can be no doubt that the first churches in Constantinople were in the basilican form.1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity

Forms of basilican

comparativemore basilican
superlativemost basilican

Origin of basilican

From basilica + -an.

Questions about basilican

What does basilican mean?
Basilican means of, relating to, or resembling a basilica; basilical.
What part of speech is basilican?
Basilican is an adjective.

Words near basilican in the dictionary

  1. basilic vein
  2. basilic veins
  3. basilica
  4. basilicae
  5. basilical
  6. basilican
  7. basilicas
  8. Basilicata
  9. basilick
  10. basilicks
  11. basilicock

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