basilica ae, f
, βασιλική(sc. στοά), a portico, basilica; in Rome, a public building used for a merchants' exchange and for the courts, basilica: basilicas spoliis ornare: neque enim tum basilicae erant (B.C. 212), L.
băsĭlĭca, v. basilicus, II. B. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
·noun A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, ·etc., attached....
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