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basilica

/bəˈsɪlɪkə/buh-SIH-lih-kuh
/bəˈsɪlɪkə/buh-SIH-lih-kuh

Meaningthe king's hall

Common meaning: a large church (once a royal hall)

Journey through time

  1. Greekβασιλεύς‘a king’
  2. Latinbasilica
  3. Englishbasilica‘a large church (once a royal hall)’ · today

basil also in: basilbasilisk

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek βασιλεύς ‘a king’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry βασιλεύς, p. 278 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

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