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basilica meaning in Kannada

ಬೆಸಿಲಿಕಾ

UK/bəˈsɪlɪkə/

basilica in Kannada: ಬೆಸಿಲಿಕಾ, ಬಸಿಲಿಕಾ, ಬೇಸಿಲಿಕಾ. In English, basilica means a Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.

Kannada words for basilica

ಬೆಸಿಲಿಕಾ, ಬಸಿಲಿಕಾ, ಬೇಸಿಲಿಕಾ

English meaning of basilica

  1. noun A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
  2. noun 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. noun 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.

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Questions about basilica in Kannada

What is the meaning of basilica in Kannada?
Basilica in Kannada is ಬೆಸಿಲಿಕಾ, ಬಸಿಲಿಕಾ, ಬೇಸಿಲಿಕಾ.
basilica ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Basilica: ಬೆಸಿಲಿಕಾ, ಬಸಿಲಿಕಾ, ಬೇಸಿಲಿಕಾ.
What does basilica mean in English?
Basilica means a Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.

Source and license

Kannada words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “basilica”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: basilica (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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