# basilica
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βᾰσῐλῐκή (băsĭlĭkḗ), from βᾰσῐλῐκὴ στοά (băsĭlĭkḕ stoá, “royal hall”), ultimately from βασιλικός (basilikós, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king, chief”). Doublet of basoche.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /bəˈsɪlɪkə/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

basilica (plural basilicas or basilicae)
* (architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
* A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, an honorific status granted by the pope to recognize its historical, architectural, or sacramental importance.
* (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.

#### Derived terms

* archbasilica
* basilical
* basilican

#### Translations
## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌbaːˈzi.li.kaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ba‧si‧li‧ca

### Noun

basilica f (plural basilica's, diminutive basilicaatje n)
* basilica

#### Synonyms

* basiliek

#### Related terms

* basilicum

## Italian
### Etymology

Probably a borrowing from (Medieval) Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈzi.li.ka/
* Rhymes: -ilika
* Hyphenation: ba‧sì‧li‧ca

### Noun

basilica f (plural basiliche)
* basilica
* church

#### Derived terms

* basilicale

#### See also

* chiesa
* santuario

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ), from βασιλικὴ στοά/οἰκία (basilikḕ stoá/oikía, “royal hall”), from βασιλικός (basilikós, “regal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king, chief”). Compare with rēgia and see also palatium, aula.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /baˈsi.li.ka/, [bäˈs̠ɪlʲɪkä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /baˈsi.li.ka/, [bäˈs̬iːlikä]

### Noun

basilica f (genitive basilicae); first declension
* basilica
* church (medieval, Eastern Orthodox)
* oblong hall with colonnade as a court of law/exchange

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* archibasilica
* Quīnque Basilicae

#### Descendants

* Aromanian: bãsearicã, bisearicã, bãserãche
* Dalmatian: basalca
* French: basoche
* Megleno-Romanian: bisearică
* Romanian: biserică
* Romansch: baselgia
* Venetan: baxéłega
Borrowings:
* → English: basilica
* → Italian: basilica
* → French: basilique
* → Portuguese: basílica
* → Romanian: bazilică
* → Spanish: basílica

### References

* “basilica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “basilica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* basilica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* basilica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “basilica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “basilica”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
* “basilica”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
* “basilica”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin