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basilicas

basilicas is the plural of basilica.

Meaning of basilica

Noun

basilica (plural basilicas or basilicae)

  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.

Questions about basilicas

What is basilicas the plural of?
Basilicas is the plural of basilica.

Words near basilicas in the dictionary

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

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