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Basilika

Basilika proper noun: a collection of laws completed c. 892 AD in Constantinople by order of the Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise during the Macedonian dynasty.

Proper noun

the Basilika

  1. (historical) A collection of laws completed c. 892 AD in Constantinople by order of the Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise during the Macedonian dynasty.

Questions about Basilika

What does Basilika mean?
Basilika means a collection of laws completed c. 892 AD in Constantinople by order of the Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise during the Macedonian dynasty.
What part of speech is Basilika?
Basilika is a proper noun.

Words near Basilika in the dictionary

  1. Basilideans
  2. Basilides
  3. Basilidian
  4. Basilidianism
  5. Basilidians
  6. Basilika
  7. basiling
  8. basilinna
  9. Basilisa
  10. basilisc
  11. basiliscs

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