Basilica

Definition of Basilica

Ba`sil´i`ca

n.	1.	Originally, the palace of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose.
	2.	(Arch.) A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached.
	1.	A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century.

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