BASILIC
Matching Terms: | | basilic vein, Basilica, Basilican, Basilicata, Basilicok, Basilicon, Basiliscus, basilisk
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\Ba*sil"ic\, n. [F. basilique.]
Basilica.
\Ba*sil"ic\, Basilical \Ba*sil"ic*al\, a. [See
{Basilica}.]
1. Royal; kingly; also, basilican.
2. (Anat.) Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to
have a specially important function in the animal economy,
as the middle vein of the right arm.
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