(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.
Christian
Definition:
(n.) One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ.
(n.) One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents, and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system.
(n.) One of a Christian denomination which rejects human creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names. They are congregational in church government, and baptize by immersion. They are also called Disciples of Christ, and Campbellites.
(n.) One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice.
(a.) Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian people.
(a.) Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court.
(a.) Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent.
Example Sentences:
(1) In Tirana, Francis lauded the mutual respect and trust between Muslims, Catholics and Orthodox Christians in Albania as a "precious gift" and a powerful symbol in today's world.
(2) Federal judges who blocked the bans cited harsh rhetoric employed by Trump on the campaign trail , specifically a pledge to ban all Muslims from entering the US and support for giving priority to Christian refugees, as being reflective of the intent behind his travel ban.
(3) Photograph: Jared Malsin for The Guardian They are among at least seven Egyptians – six Christians and one Muslim – who are believed to be held hostage in Libya, though that is regarded as a conservative estimate.
(4) In previous years, Ukip members have sought a more traditional Christian basis for RE.
(5) There are Christians coming from Syria, it doesn’t matter who it is, we would help anybody.
(6) The report was published on the same day that the charity Christians Against Poverty said it expects its free debt counselling service to experience its busiest day on record.
(7) The retreat of government forces had left tens of thousands exposed to the savagery of Isis, especially those from the country's minorities, including Christians and members of the Yazidi sect.
(8) The strikes “without a doubt put communitarian peace in danger,” Hendrik Bogaert, a Flemish Christian Democrat MP, told Le Soir.
(9) It is home to most of the country's five million Muslims, but Christians remain the overall majority.
(10) The main Absolute Radio station, which features presenters including breakfast DJ Christian O'Connell, Frank Skinner and Dave Gorman, had an average weekly reach of 1.375 million listeners in the final quarter of last year, down 16.9% on the previous quarter and 7.9% year on year.
(11) "It was a great debut for Christian," said the Spurs manager.
(12) Three hundred and forty-eight cranial remains from Bronze and Iron Age British, Romano-British, Anglo-Saxon, Eastern Coast Australian aborigines, Medieval Christian Norse, Medieval Scarborough, 17--20th century British and German cultures, were examined for the presence of osteoarthritis in the temporomandibular joints.
(13) There has been no shortage of accusations of widespread war crimes and crimes against humanity against Christian and other minorities in eastern Myanmar and a slow but systematic genocide against the Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar.
(14) Throughout his career he has continued to champion Crane, seeing him as the direct heir to Walt Whitman – Whitman being "not just the most American of poets but American poetry proper, our apotropaic champion against European culture" – and slayer of neo-Christian adversaries such as "the clerical TS Eliot" and the old New Critics, who were and are anathema to Bloom, unresting defender of the Romantic tradition.
(15) Cheers erupted at a camp for 100,000 displaced Christian civilians at the French-controlled airport .
(16) Asked why Muslims had been singled out, rather than followers of other faiths, Batten said: "Christians aren't blowing people up at the moment, are they?
(17) With Christian Eriksen peripheral on the left and Aaron Lennon well policed, the responsibility to unlock Everton came to rest on Dembélé.
(18) It seems that Pfeiffer-Weber-Christian disease and nodular panniculitis with liquefaction are varying expressions of the same disease entity.
(19) Christian Benteke has been revitalised under Sherwood and he followed up his hat-trick in last Tuesday’s 3-3 draw with Queens Park Rangers by scoring the winner here.
(20) Boko Haram spies spread the rumour that she refused to covert from Christianity to Islam.