basilican
Americanadjective
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All in all, what remains of the basilican treasury is only a fragment of its earlier glories.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Churches of S. Agnese and S. Lorenzo are also of basilican plan, and have both the somewhat rare feature of galleries over the aisles.
From Architecture by Bell, Nancy R E Meugens
Such halls may have been used for Christian services; and if their plan was adopted for the Christian basilica, the mature state of the basilican plan at its first appearance can be explained.
From The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church by Thompson, A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
The others are Lydd in Kent, where only indications of an arcade remain, and the complete basilican church of Wing, near Leighton Buzzard, which has a polygonal apse with a crypt below.
From The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church by Thompson, A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
Elsewhere in Belgium are several flat-roofed churches of basilican plan, some with ambulatories in the French style but no apsidal chapels.
From Architecture by Bell, Nancy R E Meugens
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