Basilica

(noun.) a Roman building used for public administration.

(noun.) an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges; 'the church was raised to the rank of basilica'.

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• He planned basilicas and aqueducts, and designed powerful war-e ngines capable of hurling rocks weighing three or four hundred pounds. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Similarly the fifth book begins with a discussion of the theori es of Pythagoras, but its real topic is public buildings--fora, basilicas, theaters, baths, pal?stras, harbors, and quays. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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