basilican

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English

Etymology

basilica +‎ -an

Adjective

basilican (comparative more basilican, superlative most basilican)

  1. Of, relating to, or resembling a basilica; basilical.
    • (Can we date this quote by Milman and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      There can be no doubt that the first churches in Constantinople were in the basilican form.

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for basilican”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)