Definition of "basilic" []

• Basilica. (noun)
• Royal; kingly; also, basilican. (adjective)
• Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm. (adjective)

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• "My dear father, said she, it is an apple, upon which is written the name of our lord and master the caliph; our slave Rihan [Footnote: This word signifies, in Arabic, basilic, an odoriferous plant; and the Arabians call their slaves by this name, as the custom in France is to give the name of jessamin to"
• "Magnificats of Carpentrasso and Morales, as well as the _Te Deum_ and _Lumen ad revelutionem gentium_ of Costanzo Festa.] [Footnote 128: This basilic, which is the cathedral of the bishop of"
• "That this bull be published, and posted on the gate of the basilic of the Prince of the Apostles, and on that of St. John of"