basilica的词源

英文词源

basilica (n.)

1540s, from Latin basilica "building of a court of justice," and, by extension, church built on the plan of one, from Greek (stoa) basilike "royal (portal)," the portico of the archon basileus, the official who dispensed justice in Athens, from basileus "king" (see Basil). In Rome, applied specifically to the seven principal churches founded by Constantine.

中文词源

basilica：会堂

来自希腊语, basileus, 国王。原指国王与大臣议事的庭院。

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