basilic

[buh-sil-ik, -zil-]

adjective

1. kingly; royal.

2. Also basilical. of, relating to, or like a basilica.

Word History and Origins

Origin of basilic¹

1535–45; < Latin basilicus < Greek basilikós royal ( basil ( eús ) king + -ikos -ic )

Example Sentences

Nicolas Sarkozy attends a national ceremony of remembrance for the four French soldiers killed in a suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan at the Invalides basilic in Paris, June 14, 2012.

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Hujus Basilic� hic locata fuit demones expellit et immundis spiritibus vexatos liberos reddit et multa miracula cotidie facit.

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He refused her, and was then about to consecrate that sumptuous basilic, afterwards called St. Ambrose's church.

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The final punishment for San Basilic is not that its people are cut off from the rest of the world but that they are cut off from themselves.

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Joe Louis and Billy Conn are among his cronies, and Carmen Basilic, onetime middleweight champion, is a hero.

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