a large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse, used in ancient Rome as a law court or for public assemblies 长方形廊柱大厅(有两排柱廊和半圆形拱顶附带建筑,古罗马时期用作法庭或公共集会地) ■a similar building used as a Christian church 长方形廊柱大厅式基督教堂 ■the name given to certain churches granted special privileges by the Pope 梵蒂冈大教堂
派生 basilican adjective 语源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin, literally royal palace', from Greek basilikē, feminine of basilikos 'royal', from basileus 'king'