Basilius
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Basilius, the tyrannical king, is played by a scruffy, cigar-chomping Lea DeLaria, who tramps around the stage with the bent strut of Groucho Marx.
From Los Angeles Times
A moralizing lech, Basilius is married to Gynecia, the imperious queen brought to life with divine Joan Crawford archness by Alaska 5000, a drag performer and recording artist who was the winner of the second season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.”
From Los Angeles Times
Hobson plays King Basilius like a boy trying to overcompensate for his self-consciousness at a middle-school dance, flip-flopping between peacock machismo and hand-wringing insecurity.
From Seattle Times
In Baghdad, more than one hundred congregants attended Christmas mass at St. George Chaldean Church, led by Father Basilius.
From Fox News
Basilius visits Pythio, the Oracle of Delphi, who delivers a terrible prophecy, involving royal adultery and a love consummated without a groom.
From The New Yorker
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