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basilica

[buh-sil-i-kuh, -zil-] / bəˈsɪl ɪ kə, -ˈzɪl- /
NOUN
church
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The rue Lepic, the steep 1-kilometer stretch that punches up through the 18th arrondissement and leads the peloton toward the Sacré-Coeur basilica, is a more recent addition.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Tourists from around the world are now flooding back, boosting the coffers of the basilica, which relies on the takings as well as private donations.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

Visitors from around the world are drawn to the scale and strangeness of the basilica.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

The pope also announced that he would return to the basilica on 11 April to lead a prayer vigil for peace.

From BBC Apr. 5, 2026

Something very significant can be found both in the Buxheim organ book and on the instrument at the basilica of Valere: the indication to play a line of music on the pedals, with the feet.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

The major basilicas have a particular connection to the Pope.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2025

His mosaics decorate churches and basilicas around the world, including at the Vatican.

From Seattle Times Jul. 23, 2023

Rupnik is one of the most celebrated religious artists in the Catholic Church, whose mosaics decorate churches and basilicas around the world, including at the Vatican.

From Washington Times Jun. 15, 2023

With their crystalline mosaics and thin, pure light, these humbly elegant basilicas conjure the time when a strange, fervent, unyielding new cult rose from the ashes of empire.

From New York Times May 1, 2023

The Greek churches, even those which are not monastic, are far inferior both in size and interest to the Latin basilicas of Rome.

From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert




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