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ba·silic (bə sil′ik)

adjective

  1. designating or of a large vein of the upper arm, on the inner side of the biceps muscle
  2. of a basilica; basilican
    also basilical ba·sil′i·cal
  3. Obsolete kingly

Etymology: Fr basilique < L basilicus < Gr basilikos: see basil

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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basilic: an elegant, royal, kingly, room for a ruler, often with marble floors, such as Pontius Pilate who strutted about in his magnificent basilic designed to intimidated those who entered

Posted by K.A. Ervin 84 days ago.

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