Definition of Basilican. Meaning of Basilican. Synonyms of Basilican

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Definition of Basilican

Basilican
Basilican Ba*sil"i*can, a. Of, relating to, or resembling, a basilica; basilical. There can be no doubt that the first churches in Constantinople were in the basilican form. --Milman.

Meaning of Basilican from wikipedia

- buildings, and only in rare exceptions to churches. Churches were nonetheless basilican in form, with an apse or tribunal at the end of a nave with two or more...
- thus symbolises the bishop's role as teacher. A raised throne within a basilican hall was also definitive for a Late Antique presiding magistrate; and...
- İznik (Nicaea) in Bursa Province, Turkey, was built as a Byzantine-era basilican church. Converted into the Orhan Mosque (Turkish: Orhan Camii) after the...
- site of the North gate. The building of church towers, replacing the basilican narthex or West porch, can be attributed to this late period of Anglo-Saxon...
- current building which was constructed on the same site. The current basilican church, along with the adjacent residential buildings (known as the St...
- architecture are found—one basilican, the other native. The Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion at Axum is an example of the basilican design, though the early...
- patriarchate moved here in 1602 but a fire in 1720 destro**** the original basilican church on the site. Another fire in 1941 did further damage to the older...
- chapel. The east end had a square apse, and was originally flanked by two basilican structures, now lost but known through archaeology. The chapel was entered...
- churches in Palestine there were two chief types of plan in use: the basilican, or axial, type, represented by the basilica at the Holy Sepulchre, and...
- westwork—a Carolingian innovation. Carolingian churches generally are basilican in form, like the Early Christian churches of Rome, and commonly incorporated...