Crossword clues for basilicas
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Basilica \Ba*sil"i*ca\, n.; pl. Basilicas; sometimes Basilic[ae] (-s[=e]). [L. basilica, Gr. basilikh` (sc. o'iki`a or stoa` fr. basiliko`s royal, fr. basiley`s king.]
Originally, the palace of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose.
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(Arch.)
A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached.
A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of basilica English)
Usage examples of "basilicas".
The basilicas crystal dome, which ordinarily shone brilliant white, shifted to somber azure during the grieving time, and the song of the bells in the central spire turned doleful.
He wanted to smash the basilicas dome, tear down the Temple stone by stone.
Above, the basilicas dome rang with a terrible clamor, blaring to match the Lightbringers blazing glow.
In those first heady days, I walked the streets of Rome in a continual state of wonder, gazing upon one extravagance of human endeavor after another: the Forum Romanum and the Forum Augustumwith their basilicas, markets, shops, stalls, and magisterial buildings either of which could have served as capital city for any nation the world over.
The intricately connected domes, halls, and basilicas were covered floor to ceiling with so many murals that I could not take them in.
He threw open to the homeless hordes the great public buildings, temples, and basilicas in the Campus Martius.
At any rate, the emperor Constantine later erected the basilicas of St.
But on this morning the delicate color of the sky was darkened by the thick smoke of the palaces and basilicas consumed by the fire.
Perhaps," Baudolino added, inspired by the anise, "one day Alessandria will become the new Constantinople, the third Rome, all towers and basilicas, a wonder of the universe.
Decorated with the prows of ships taken in battle, it was impressive, with its backdrop of the Temple of the Divine Julius (on the spot where his body had been cremated), marble-faced basilicas or law courts and other public buildings.
Margo was surprised to find women lawyers arguing cases in the basilicas.
Though Rome sprawled over a vast area within its curtain of walls, there were so many public basilicas, circuses, temples, gardens, baths and theaters, and so many privately owned estates from the Emperor’s palaces and gardens on down, that it was really no wonder that most people were forced to live in these tottering apartment blocks, crammed into whatever space was available.