(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.
Paradise
Definition:
(n.) The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation.
(n.) The abode of sanctified souls after death.
(n.) A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness.
(n.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
(n.) A churchyard or cemetery.
(v. t.) To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.
Example Sentences:
(1) Losing paradise: the people displaced by atomic bombs, and now climate change Read more Climate change won’t be the only source of tension.
(2) "If the majority of people were right, we'd be living in paradise.
(3) The Private Islands Online website, which specialises in selling island paradises and rocky outcrops across the world, says a little bit of land surrounded by sea in the Cyclades or Dodecanese is the perfect trophy asset: "Greek islands are the ultimate status symbol, evoking images of sunglass-sporting shipping magnates sipping champagne on the deck of enormous yachts."
(4) An otitis media with effusion algorithm developed by Paradise et al and tested by Cantekin et al has become the basis for many studies of otitis media.
(5) Spain is another go-getters’ paradise, it seems: with half an entire generation out of work, self-employment among the young has surged.
(6) Elements of behaviour were described for the paradise fish on the basis of the topography, location and orientation of the animal observed in various seminatural and laboratory environments.
(7) It seemed only a matter of time before a small number of them returned to see if it was possible to recreate what was described by their lawyer, Richard Gifford, as "paradise lost".
(8) People are now calling Paradise Square Hell Square.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Children collect items from among the debris of a school for the deaf and mute, destroyed in what activists said were overnight US-led air strikes in Raqqa.
(9) • A chimp-trekking permit costs $90pp rwandatourism.com ) 12 Go barefoot in paradise: Likoma island, Malawi Kaya Mawa resort on Likoma Island, Malawi.
(10) If it does, give us the formula and make us a paradise country."
(11) "They tell me I am a great father, and that I will go straight to paradise."
(12) Okinawans finally want their sub-tropical island paradise back.
(13) There is an attempted raid on Ukraine, not from Moscow but Brussels, grabbing it by the neck and dragging it to paradise," he tweeted.
(14) A drifter, he meandered from city to city, in and out of prison, before arriving in Paradise, where he founded the first branch of the Allah Temple Of Islam in 1930 and set himself up as a black Messiah.
(15) "He is the best of the best, a pure soul, he is in the best paradise.
(16) The Palestinian comedy team Watan a Watar have enjoyed huge success with their take on an Isis propaganda video featuring a roadblock and a quiz: incorrect answers mean instant execution but these jolly, bumbling jihadis win points to get them to Paradise.
(17) It's wonderful, actually, having scrutiny of the work, especially coming from New Zealand, where there's no reviewing culture at all, so London just seems like paradise."
(18) After decades dreaming of life among olive trees and vineyards, these days for some reason, we Brits are now projecting our need for the existence of an earthly paradise northwards.
(19) With beautiful parks, a world class zoo, great public transportation and year round festivals this place would be paradise if it were not for the sweltering summers.
(20) Speaking a week after his youngest brother, Jaffar, 17 , was killed storming a Syrian government checkpoint, Deghayes said: “I cant afford to leave jihad and the journey to jannah [paradise].” Jaffar is the youngest known Briton to have died during the gruesome three-year conflict.