单词 | basilica |
释义 | basilican. 1. Ancient History. Literally and originally, a royal palace; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at the end, used for a court of justice and place of public assembly. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > public building > [noun] hall1297 school?a1425 common house1537 basilica1541 public house1560 public building1561 state house1593 prytaneum1673 house of call1699 basilic1728 zayat1823 civic centre1867 jong1904 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxii. f. 40 A basilike or place, where civile controuersies were herde and iuged. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 468 A Basilica also or grand hall. 1852 W. J. Conybeare & J. S. Howson Life & Epist. St. Paul II. xxvii. 488 The basilicas were buildings of great size, so that a vast multitude of spectators was always present at any trial which excited public interest. 2. A building of the preceding type, used for Christian worship. Originally, a hall of justice handed over by Roman emperors and consecrated for religious use; thence applied to other early churches built on the same plan, and sometimes more vaguely to churches generally. In Rome applied spec. to the seven principal churches founded by Constantine. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > principal place of worship > [noun] minsterOE architemple1297 cathedral church1297 High Churchc1325 seec1325 mother churcha1387 parish churcha1387 High Kirk1422 see churchc1449 duomo1549 basilica1563 parish kirk1563 cathedral1587 dome1691 basilic1703 dom1861 domchurch1864 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes ii. iii, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 256 Called Basilicæ, eyther for that the Greeks used to call all great and goodly places Basilicas, or for that the high and everlasting King..was served in them. 1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. v. 99 There were some Churches..which were not dedicated to any Saint, but had only in general the Name of a Basilika. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. i. 18 An imitation in wood of the Christian Roman churches or basilicas. 1873 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxv, in Monthly Packet May 456 Sending a deputation to do penance at the seven basilicæ. 1874 J. H. Parker Introd. Study Gothic Archit. (ed. 4) ii. 276 The application of the name of Basilica to the small burial-chapels in the Catacombs is a mistake. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > vein > [noun] > specific vein middle veina1398 portaa1398 saphena1398 funisa1400 sciaticaa1400 guidesc1400 haemorrhoidc1400 salvatellac1400 liver veina1425 median?a1425 mesaraic?a1425 sciatic?a1425 venal artery?a1425 sciat1503 organal vein1523 axillar?1541 weeping vein1543 port-vein1586 lip-vein1598 nose vein1598 sciatic vein1598 cephalic vein1599 hollow vein1605 jugular1615 scapulary1615 subclavian vein1615 umbilical vessel1615 basilica1625 porter-vein1625 neck vein1639 garter-vein1656 matricious vein1656 sacred vein1656 subclavicular1656 subclavial1664 vertebral1718 portal vein1765 cava1809 satellite vein1809 brachial1859 innominate vein1866 precaval1866 postcava1882 precava1882 postcaval1891 Vesalian vein1891 sciatic1892 subcardinal1902 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. viii. 105 The basilica or liver veine. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Basilica,..the Name of a Vein, call'd also Hepatica. Thesaurus » Categories » 4. (neuter plural) = basilics n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1541 |
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