basilican
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
All in all, what remains of the basilican treasury is only a fragment of its earlier glories.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other basilican churches in the East which deserve notice are those of the monastery of St Catherine on Mt.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
Atrium, the main quadrangle in a Roman dwelling-house; also the enclosed court in front of an early Christian basilican church.
From Architecture Classic and Early Christian by Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger)
It is always probable that the basilican plan had its origin in a plan originally aisleless.
From The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church by Thompson, A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
The Interior.—The natural division, in height, of an early church, whether basilican or domical, was into three stories—the ground level, the gallery level, and the clearstory or vault level.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
