A huge building in the forum of a Roman city. It was a cross between a town hall and law courts.
A building e.g. a church that takes the form of an oblong, colonnaded hall
the name that was used by Romans to describe their public halls of justice or exchange or other business. The plan was usually rectangular divided into aisles by rows of columns that in the middle being the widest with a semicircular apse at one end in which the tribunal was placed. The name became synonymous with church.
early Christian church that included a nave, aisles, and a high transept with an apse
rectangular building used as a meeting hall.
The public hall that formed a gathering point in every Roman city, usually with a rectangular plan ending in as apse and divided by a double file of columns. It was the inspiration for the early Christian churches.
Type of church having aisles, apse, nave, and often a narthex.
Originally a law court in the later Roman Empire, the basilica was adopted as the architectural form of early Christian churches. It consists of a long nave with columned aisles on either side, preceded by a narthex and terminated by a semicircular apse ( plan). The altar is placed in the apse, which usually faces east.
Originally a Roman administrative building, adapted for early churches; distinguished by lack of transepts.
A Christian church of the earliest western or central Italian type, distinguished by a having a long and comparatively narrow nave and aisles with an apse at one end and a narthex at the other.
The main administrative building of a Roman town, located on one side of the forum. It is where the town council (curia) met.
(Latin) a Roman public building used as an exchange and law court; the origin of the word basilica is the ancient Greek word basileus, king; a basilica was originally a royal palace, but for the Romans it served judicial and business purposes; according to Vitruvius' De Architectura Libri Decem, the dimensions of the basilica had to follow prescribed standards, for example, the width of the basilica had to be one half to one third of its length; the earliest basilica in Roma was built by Cato the Elder in 184 BCE; in the Roman forum, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and Marcus Fulvius Nobilior built the Basilica Aemilia in 179 BCE; Julius Caesar began building the Basilica Julia in 54 BCE and Augustus finished it. The Basilica Aemilia The Basilica Julia
A word for a large church.
a rectangular building with an ambulatory or else a central nave and lateral aisles and lit by a clerestory, the row of windows above the inner colonnades
A large oblong building for worship with a central nave and side aisles, lit by a clerestory and normally terminating in an apse
Church built according to the plan of ancient buildings. Generally rectangular and which may have one or more naves.
A Roman Catholic Church of special historical and religious importance.
ba SIL i ka] An oblong building ending in a semicircular apse used in ancient Rome especially as a court of justice and a place of public assembly.
In Roman architecture, a public building for assemblies, especially tribunals, rectangular in plan, entered on a long side. In Christian architecture, an early church somewhat resembling the Roman basilica; usually entered from one end with an apse at the other creating an axial plan.
an elongated, rectangular building (often used for courthouses in the Roman Empire) which came to denote churches of that shape. Basilicas were the dominant architectural form of early churches.
( ba·SIL·i·ca). Originally an oblong Roman building, used as a hall of justice and public meeting palace, with double colonnades and semi-circular end. Later a Christian meeting hall built to a similar plan with a nave, two or four isles, one or more semicircular vaulted apses, and an open timber roof.
an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges; "the church was raised to the rank of basilica"
a Roman building used for public administration
a church associated with the Holy See
a church designated as such by the Catholic Church based on its historical importance
a church with special honors and there are not that many in the world, with only four in Rome itself
a large structure in ancient Roman or early Christian times, usually built on a rectangular plan
an honour paid to a certain church - whether it is for historical significance or as centre of pilgrimages, etc
The ancient form of a Roman administrative building adapted for use as Christian worship space. This is also a title bestowed on historic church buildings as an honor.
Originally "Hall of the King" (probably after the hall of the archon Basileus in Athens), building with a large cetral nave with one or more suplemental, smaller aisles at each of the long sides. The romans used this kind of buildings primary as multi-purpose halls (as market building and courtroom), than the christs took this concept as basis for the romanic churches. The central nave is higher than the side aisles so in the upper part there are usually windows to let some light into the church. The use of romanic arcs (that can only form quadratic vaults) leads to the ad quadratum construction of basilicas: the width of the central naves bays is a mutliple of the side aisles (usually two or three times) so that all other units of the building can be derived from the units of the crossing. In later centuries the basilica is extended by the choire, towers and the westwork. In the late middle age the basilica is replaced by the hall church.
In ancient Rome the basilica was a public building which served several purposes of an institutional nature, both civil and religious. The building was generally rectangular and was divided by colonnades. The wall at one end formed a semi-circular or rectangular apse. The term later came to mean a Christian church which adopted the same design as the Roman basilica.
Roman colonnaded hall; later a type of church
an ancient Roman colonnade hall for public use, the form of which was later adopted as a building type for Early Christian churches. Basilicas are oblong buildings with aisles and galleries with in apse opposite the entrance.
Rectangular hall with double colonnade and apse for altar at one (east) end, used by the Romans for law courts and other assemblies and later for the basic Christian church form. Usually with a raised central section, with clerestory windows, and the main entrance at the opposite (west) end.
An important Roman building type consisting of a large central hall often flanked by side aisles. There were many variations.
Roman building, used for public administration, having a large rectangular central nave with an aisle on each side and apse at the end; rectangular early Christian or medieval church, usually having a nave with clerestories, two of four aisles, one or more vaulted apses, and a timber roof; Roman Catholic church haing special ceremonial rights
an oblong hall or building used as a law court or assembly hall in the Roman empire. The basilica form was adopted as an appropriate style for a Christian church after Christianity became the official religion of the Roman empire in the fourth century, and again in the Renaissance, for example, St Peter's basilica in Rome.
In Roman architecture a building for legal and other civic proceedings, rectangular in plan with an entrance usually on a long side. In Christian architecture, a church somewhat resembling the Roman basilica, usually entered from one end with an apse at the other end.
An ancient Roman floor plan for a style of building which was used as a meeting place and a hall of judgment. The plan consisted of a central nave, which terminated into an apse, flanked by two side aisles. This design became very influential early in Christian architecture and the term Basilica now describes any church with a long nave ending in an apse, with two side aisles. (Hartt)
A term sometimes used in reference to a cathedral for ceremonial reasons, although traditionally denoting an earlier form of structure. The Basilica is the archetype of succeeding cathedral forms, the most famous of which is the early Saint Peter's in Rome. A Basilica consists of a Nave bordered along its side by Aisles with a Clerestory and an Apse.
conventional name for a hall built to accommodate large numbers of people for civic and administrative purposes
A church to which special privileges are attached. It is a title of honor given to various kinds of Churches.
an early Christian church building consisting of nave and aisles with clerestory and a large high transept from which an apse projects Source
Any rectangular public building, usually divided into three aisles by rows of columns. In ancient Rome, this architectural form was frequently used for places of public assembly and law courts; later, Roman Christians adapted the form for many of their early churches.
Cathedral in Chyrellos. Seat of Elene church Hierarchy.
large rectangular columned hall used as a law court during the Roman empire
In ancient Roman architecture, a large meeting hall most often used for the law courts. The basilica could also contain the stock exchange, business and offices administrative offices, and therefore was a physical link between law and business. There are two very different formal expressions of the basilica, illustrated by the earlier Basilica Ulpia or Trajan's Basilica, and the later Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine. The roof of the trabeated structural system in Trajan's Basilica is supported by many interior columns thus breaking the large space (182' x @450') into smaller sections. The Basilica of Constantine had an enormous arcuated system (200'x300') of barrel and groin vaults. It carried the thrust of the vaults on piers, and relied on massive buttressing.
a building of particular design which housed Roman law courts. Rectangular, with a colonnade dividing the interior into a central nave and side aisles, it may have had a semicircular projections on one or both of the narrow sides. A Christian church of similar plan [image
The early Greek name for a royal palace; a large oblong building with double columns and a semicircular apse at one end, frequently used by Christian emperors of Rome for religious purposes.
(Lat., "courthouse"): church type based on the timber-roofed, longitudinal Roman hall of justice or meeting hall; such basilicas had one or two apsidal projections, a nave lit by clerestory windows and side aisles. The transformation of this architectural type for Christian worship included the focus on a single apse, to be used to house the altar.
The Latin word basilica (derived from Greek, Basiliké Stoà , Royal Stoa), was originally used to describe a Roman public building (as in Greece, mainly a tribunal), usually located at the centre of a Roman town (forum). In Hellenistic cities, public basilicas appeared in the 2nd century BC.