basilica
大殿,大教堂,大寺院,圣母院
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- : an early Christian or medieval church of the type built especially in Italy, characterized by a plan including a nave, two or four side aisles, a semicircular apse, a narthex, and often other features, as a short transept, a number of small semicircular apses terminating the aisles, or an atrium. The interior is characterized by strong horizontality, with little or no attempt at rhythmic accents. All spaces are usually covered with timber roofs or ceilings except for the apse or apses, which are vaulted.
- : one of the seven main churches of Rome or another Roman Catholic church accorded the same religious privileges.
- : a large oblong building used as a hall of justice and public meeting place.
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What Francis said to Law when the two of them met and briefly embraced at the Rome basilica is not known.
The basilica is one of a handful of churches outside the walls of Vatican City owned by the Holy See.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a church where the faithful come to pray for cures.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is not the biggest church in Boston, but it has two pieces of history.
A stately basilica was erected over the entrance to the Catacomb, it is said in the time of Constantine.
This is situated near the basilica of St. Agnes, and overlies part of the Catacomb.
The Callevan Forum seems in general simpler than others, but its basilica is remarkably large.
The Duomo is a basilica with nave and double aisles , with 110a transept flanked with aisles, covered by a dome over the crossing.
It is of basilica form, with a nave and aisles flanked by sixteen columns of sandstone.