basilica
Example Sentences
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Standing in front of the basilica’s ruins, Leo, Bartholomew and other church leaders recited the Nicene Creed, the shared statement of Christian faith.
He transformed the original designs for the basilica into a far more ambitious proposal, which was initially funded by donations from repentant worshippers.
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But they returned to the huge and gorgeously embellished basilica above.
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The Christian martyr, who now has the title of "blessed" before his name, was lauded in the basilica full of joyous Congolese faithful waving flags.
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On Saturday, he visited a shrine outside Rome and then prayed before the tomb of his late predecessor Francis inside the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
