basilicas
- plural of basilica.
Example Sentences
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He will be laid to rest in the Basilica of St Mary Major, one of four major papal basilicas in Rome.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2025
His mosaics decorate churches and basilicas around the world, including at the Vatican.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2023
With their crystalline mosaics and thin, pure light, these humbly elegant basilicas conjure the time when a strange, fervent, unyielding new cult rose from the ashes of empire.
From New York Times • May 1, 2023
In bordering Umbria, thousands more were damaged when small churches and large basilicas crumbled.
From Reuters • Jun. 22, 2022
This was an opportunity for isolating the Forum, and basilicas and temples were raised in succession along its sides, which in their turn were partly destroyed in the fire of Nero.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
