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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Basilica \Ba*sil"i*ca\, n.; pl. {Basilicas}; sometimes
     {Basilic[ae]} (-s[=e]). [L. basilica, Gr. basilikh` (sc.
     o'iki`a or stoa` fr. basiliko`s royal, fr. basiley`s king.]
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Arch.)
        (a) A building used by the Romans as a place of public
            meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached.
        (b) A church building of the earlier centuries of
            Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the
            basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to
            some churches by way of honorary distinction.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Basilica \Ba*sil"i*ca\, n.
     A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the
     original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth
     century. --P. Cyc.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  basilica
       n 1: an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or
            a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain
            privileges; "the church was raised to the rank of
            basilica"
       2: a Roman building used for public administration

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  BASILICA, civil law. This is derived from a Greek word, which signifies 
  imperial constitutions. The emperor Basilius, finding the Corpus Juris 
  Civilis of Justinian too long and obscure, resolved to abridge it, and under 
  his auspices the work proceeded to the fortieth book, which, at his death, 
  remained unfinished. His son and successor, Leo, the philosopher, continued 
  the work, and published it in sixty books, about the year 880. Constantine 
  Porphyro-genitus, younger brother of Leo, revised the work, re-arranged it, 
  and republished it, Anno Domini, 910. From that time the laws of Justinian 
  ceased to have any force in the eastern empire, and the Basilica were the 
  foundation of the law observed there till Constantine XIII, the last of the 
  Greek emperors, under whom, in 1453, Constantinople was taken by Mahomet the 
  Turk, who put an end to the empire and its laws. Histoire de la 
  Jurisprudence Etienne, Intr. a 1'etude du Droit Romain, Sec. LIII. The 
  Basilica were written in Greek. They were translated into Latin by J. Cujas 
  (Cujacius) Professor of Law in the University of Bourges, and published at 
  Lyons, 22d of January, 1566, in one vol. fo. 
  
  

















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