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basilica [buh-sil-i-kuh, -zil-] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
basilica [buh-sil-i-kuh, -zil-]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: church
Synonyms: shrine, temple
Main Entry: church
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: religious institution, building
Synonyms: Lord's house, abbey, basilica, bethel, cathedral, chancel, chantry, chapel, fold, house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, minster, mission, mosque, oratory, parish, sacellum, sanctuary, shrine, synagogue, tabernacle, temple
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Main Entry: church
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
abbatial, abbatical, antinomian, apostolic, apostolical, archiepiscopal, autocephalous, biblical, canonical, capitular, clerical, conventual, denominational, ecclesiastical, ecclesiological, ecumenical, episcopal, episcopalian, evangelical, evangelistic, hierarchical, hieratic, his eminence, his grace, his holiness, homiletic, in orders, inspired, kaaba, kerygmatic, laical, latitudinarian, lay, litaneutical, ministerial, monachal, monasterial, monastic, monkish, ordained, papable, papal, paparchical, pastoral, pontifical, prelatical, presbyterian, priest, priestly, prophetic, religious, sacerdotal, sacred, scriptural, sectarian, secular, supralapsarian, sybilline, syncretic, syncretical, temporal, textuary, the reverend, the right reverend, the very reverend, theandric, theocentric, theochristic, theocratic, theological, theopneust, theopneustic, trayf, ultramontane, unhouselled, vatic
Example Sentences
  • Mexicans flock to the basilica each year, but also over the offerings that they deposit during their pilgrimages.
  • Almost as impressive as its size is the haste with which the basilica went up.
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