Basilic

n. [Fr. basilique, Pr. basilica, Lat. basilica, Gr. βασιλική (sc. οἰκία, or στοά), from Lat. basilicus, Gr. βασιλικός, royal, from βασιλεύς, king.]

1. Originally, the palace 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.
2. (Mod. Arch.) A church, chapel, cathedral, or royal palace. Gwilt.
3. A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century. P. Cyc.

a. [Lat. basilicus, Gr. βασιλικός. See supra.]

1. In the manner of a public edifice or cathedral.
2. (Anat.) Pertaining to certain parts, which the ancients supposed to have an important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm. Dunglison.