basilica, in the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches, a canonical title of honour given to church buildings that are distinguished either by their ...
NounEdit · (architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory. · A Roman Catholic church ...
The prior of that basilica met the assembly at the church doors as the bells pealed. 來自Cambridge English Corpus. Rectors of basilicas and some canons wear a ...