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adj. - Of or relating to or resembling an early Christian church building consisting of nave and aisles with clerestory, sometimes a narthex, and a large high transept from which an apse projects .

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  • Vaults appear to have been early applied to the basilican type of plan; for instance, at St Irene,
  • It is also believed that the cardinal's hat is a modification of the umbrella in the basilican churches.
  • In general, Gallic churches are supposed to have been basilican, with all the poverty of the older style.
  • Brixworth, Northants: other basilican plans 21 17.
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