basilican

American  

[buh-sil-i-kuhn, -zil-] / bəˈsɪl ɪ kən, -ˈzɪl- /

Or basilical

adjective

1. basilic.

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Example Sentences

All in all, what remains of the basilican treasury is only a fragment of its earlier glories.

From Time Magazine Archive

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)

It is a fine example of Brunelleschi's adaptation of the early basilican type, is borne upon graceful Corinthian columns and nobly proportioned.

From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.

The Architectural Character of the basilican churches may be briefly characterised as venerable and dignified, but yet cheerful and bright rather than forbidding; they are, as interiors, impressive but not oppressive, solemn but not gloomy.

From Architecture Classic and Early Christian by Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger)

Constantinople preserved till recently a basilican church of the 5th century, that of St John Studios, 463, now a ruin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various