basilicn.
/ˈbasɪlɪk/ archaic.
1. = basilica n. 1.
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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
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Basilic, or Basilica,..a Term antiently used for a large Hall..where the Princes administer'd Justice.
1811 J. Milner Eccl. Archit. Eng. ii. 12 The emperors gave up their palaces and courts of justice, called Basilics, for the service of religion.
2. = basilica n. 2.
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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
1703 London Gaz. No. 3891/2 Considerable Damage to the Basilick, or Great Church of St. Peter.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Basilics were also little chapels built by the antient Franks over the tombs of their great men.
1840 Ld. Houghton in Blackwood's Mag. 47 29 Oh! never in high Roman basilic, Prime dome of art, or elder Lateran.
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basilicadj.
/bəˈsɪlɪk/ 1. Kingly, royal, sovereign. ? Obsolete. rare.
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society > authority > [adjective] > of or relating to regal or princely authority
reala1325
regal?c1400
regnal1612
thrononicala1626
basilical1652
regalian1700
basilic1727
1727 M. Earbery tr. T. Burnet Of State of Dead I. i. 13 In this world we see nothing except GOD's basilick Justice.
2. Physiology. Specific epithet of the large vein of the arm starting from the elbow and discharging into the axillary vein. [So called from its supposed great importance; the right and left basilic veins were formerly thought to be in direct communication with the liver and spleen respectively.]
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > vein > [adjective] > specific vein
organica1400
original1486
basilic?1541
ankle vein1574
sciatical1598
organical1607
basilical1650
subclavicular1656
subclavial1664
saphenal1828
portal venous1833
brachio-cephalic1836
saphenous1840
postcaval1866
precaval1866
tracheloscapular1891
renovascular1902
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Gij That party that was deuyded vnder the arme pyttes that goeth in to the inwarde party in descending appereth within the bought of the elbowe, and is called Basylyc.
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 88 As if he had prick'd the Court in the Basilick or Liver-vein.
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1407/1 The basilic vein..ascends along the inner margin of the biceps muscle.
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