basilics, n. pl.
(bəˈsɪlɪks)
[ad. L. basilica (also used in Eng.), a. Gr. βασιλικά, neut. pl. of adj. βασιλικός.]
A digest of the laws of Justinian and other emperors, translated from Latin into Greek by command of the emperors Basil and Leo, and constituting the code of the Eastern empire.
| [1652 Needham Selden's Mare Cl. 96 Which is manifest enough, not onely in the Basilica..but also by the Decrees established by the Emperor Leo.] 1751 Chambers Cycl. s.v., The basilics comprehend the institutes, digests, code and novels, and some edicts of Justinian. 1771 Raper in Phil. Trans. LXI. 513 A scholiast on the Basilics tells us. |