What's the difference between basilic and basilica?

Basilic


Definition:

  • (n.) Basilica.
  • (a.) Alt. of Basilical

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Nineteen Dacron velour fistula bypasses between the brachial artery and median basilic vein were performed in fifteen selected patients for a total dialysis period of ninety-six months.
  • (2) He let me in on the night of the burglary, he hid keys and codes throughout the building.” Claiming he did not know Basil’s identity, Jones, who has contacted Sky before, said he would not reveal it in any case as “it’s not a done thing where I come from”.
  • (3) "Half-way", Secalon-Seldy, soft venous catheters, 40 cm long, were inserted by basilic (n = 90) and cephalic (n = 31) veins at the fossa cubiti in 121 patients (71 men and 50 women) aged between 19 and 88 years whose heights varied from 152-197 cm.
  • (4) A case of penetrating metal fragment injury to the cubital fossa with subsequent development of a false aneurysm of the brachial artery with a fistulae to the vena comitans and median basilic vein is described.
  • (5) Detectives say when Yeates was in the Tesco Express she had bought a Tesco Finest tomato, mozzarella and basil pesto pizza.
  • (6) One of the suspects, a red-haired man known only as Basil, remains at large.
  • (7) The effect of volatile oils of lavender, monarda, and basil on the course of experimental atherosclerosis was studied in rabbit experiments.
  • (8) Since the rete mirable ofthe eel swimbladder is a pure vascular preparation, it is most useful for the study of themorphology, the permeability, and the metabolism of the endothelial cells and for the analysis of the chemical structure of their basil laminae.
  • (9) The 520,000 sq ft Knightsbridge estate is bounded by Brompton Road, Hans Crescent and Basil Street.
  • (10) Basil Abdul-Latif: 'From the age of 16, when I first went jail, I was a problem.
  • (11) In avian species' common sites for blood sampling include the basilic, jugular, and superficial plantar metatarsal veins, heart and occipital sinus.
  • (12) • Cardinal George Basil Hume, Archbishop of Westminster, born March 2, 1923; died June 17, 1999
  • (13) But the last time it happened to Britain, the annual inflation rate was above 25%, Margaret Thatcher was elected leader of the Conservatives and the country was about to be introduced to Basil Fawlty, a man who had as much success running a hotel as Osborne has had running the economy.
  • (14) You need everything.” – Bordeaux coach Willy Sagnol on the ‘typical African player’ “The intelligence I wanted to talk about was tactical intelligence.” – Sagnol clears things up “I want to buy your monkey with the square feet.” – What former Marseille president Bernard Tapie reportedly told then Auxerre coach Guy Roux before signing Basile Boli in 1990.
  • (15) St Basil's was like a clown's nose on the face of the evil empire.
  • (16) In Russia, you never call it St Basil's Cathedral, it's Vasily Blazhenny, Vassily the Mad.
  • (17) A case of unusual triple knotting of a central venous catheter inserted through the left basilic vein is reported.
  • (18) Happy 450th birthday to Russia's national symbol, St Basil's Cathedral in Red Square – and it's a good time to step back and consider what a fantastically, psychedelically bizarre symbol it is.
  • (19) The highest success rates (98 per cent) occurred when the basilic vein was used, with the patient positioned so that the upper part of the body was raised at 45-90 degrees to the horizontal and using a Bardic 16 gauge catheter with a special insertion technique, which is described.
  • (20) Is it true you still have scars from your treatment by Basil Fawlty?

Basilica


Definition:

  • (n.) Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose.
  • (n.) A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached.
  • (n.) A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction.
  • (n.) A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi blessing from St Peter’s Basilica.
  • (2) The basilica was rebuilt in the 12th century by Pope Innocent II and, at the end of the 13th century, Pietro Cavallini embellished the apse with six mosaic panels of scenes from the life of Mary.
  • (3) When the sun made an appearance mid-morning, it threw a spotlight on the spire of the Saint-Michel basilica and the honey-coloured buildings that face the sweeping curve of the broad river.
  • (4) On a June morning, Father Rob Yaksich, a park ranger until he found his calling in mid-life as a Catholic priest, presided over his first ever Sunday Mass at the historic Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis in Santa Fe, New Mexico .
  • (5) Black smoke rising from the chapel's chimney signifies an inconclusive vote (traditionally damp straw was added to make the smoke black but a chemical compound is now used instead); white smoke – and the pealing of the basilica's bell to avoid any confusion about the colour of the smoke – means that a new pope has been elected.
  • (6) The basilica was turned into an imperial mosque under the Ottomans when they conquered the city in 1453, and converted into a museum after the foundation of the Turkish republic in 1923.
  • (7) Pogrund and cameraman Dewald Aukema pick up not only the whirlwind nature of that first head-of-state visit, but the exotic and breathtaking beauty of Africa and Mandela's buttoned lip as he visits the lavish basilicas built by despots on the land of the poor.
  • (8) A 150-metre-high, flat-topped pyramid would be taller than St Paul's Cathedral or St Peter's Basilica and would overshadow the Great Pyramid of Giza – creating Abu Dhabi's answer to Egypt's pyramids or Mecca's Kaaba.
  • (9) The government says we’re at war.” Didi Wafae, 63, who lives a few streets away from the raid, added: “People are really scared.” Djamila Khaldi, a 54-year-old cleaner who lives near the St-Denis basilica, which draws vast numbers of tourists each year, said: “I heard the shots and I just thought, there must be some kind of standoff, terrorists must be hiding here.
  • (10) The catheter that was 4 cm too deep was inserted via the V. basilica.
  • (11) While few in Germany or Italy would openly pay tribute to Adolf Hitler or Benito Mussolini, on Friday Franco supporters from across the country and beyond will gather for a mass at the Spanish dictator’s grave in the basilica at the Valley of the Fallen, the imposing complex carved into the granite mountains near Madrid.
  • (12) The Colosseum still stands, the Trevi fountain still sparkles and 91 former Popes still rest peacefully in their tombs at St Peter's Basilica.
  • (13) It's white smoke and the bells in St Peter's Basilica are ringing.
  • (14) • Viale Pietro de Coubertin 30, +39 06 802 41281, auditorium.com Santa Maria in Trastevere Santa Maria in Trastevere Photograph: Alamy The Basilica of Our Lady is among Rome's oldest places of worship, and the one that perhaps gives the most vivid impression of a grand medieval church.
  • (15) He then goes to the balcony over the main door of St Peter's basilica, and is introduced to the world as the new pope before giving his blessing to the waiting crowd.
  • (16) We were treated like VIPs, given a tour of the Vatican and the Basilica and dined with the seminarians after the game.
  • (17) Cardinals, many of whom were massed on the steps of St Peter's basilica alongside Benedict on Wednesday, will then begin consultations ahead of a conclave to choose a successor.
  • (18) Welby, who will be accompanied by his wife, Caroline, will visit the tomb of St Peter beneath the Basilica before stopping to pray at the tomb of Pope John Paul II.
  • (19) Cardinal Peter Turkson at the holy mass at St Peter's Basilica yesterday.
  • (20) Built in 1955 with a capacity of 40,000, the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady Aparecida – the principal patroness of Brazil and a unifying figure for many in the nation's Catholic Church.

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