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Basilicas

A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.

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noun

1
A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
2
A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, a honorific status granted by the pope to recognize its historical, architectural, or sacramental importance.
3
An apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; hence, any large hall used for this purpose.

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