How to Use basilica in a Sentence

basilica

noun

• Steep hills flank two sides of the city, and the basilica of Notre-Dame to the west overlooks the Saône.
  — Bill Blanning, latimes.com, 8 Oct. 2017
• The hallway of the basilica at the Valley of the Fallen.
  — Jeannette Neumann, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2018
• The earth beneath my feet shook as the bells of the ancient basilica tolled.
  — Christopher Hale, Time, 9 May 2025
• At the time of Gaudí’s death, the basilica was only a quarter of the way finished.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 11 June 2019
• The climb up the scenic tower of the Catholic basilica can be challenging, but the view is worth it!
  — Amber Storm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2017
• The public has had the chance to pay their respects to the Pope after his body was moved to the basilica to lie in state.
  — Callum Sutherland, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
• It’s a Latin phrase that Mark and I had seen on the main basilica where the bridge is located.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Jan. 2022
• Their words and song rang out into the high ceilinged basilica.
  — Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
• Unité SGP Police said the man was a sacristan at the basilica.
  — Bloomberg.com, 29 Oct. 2020
• Catholic masses take place in the new basilica all day long.
  — Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 6 June 2017
• The basilica is home to many artifacts of the Catholic Church, including the tombs of dozens of popes.
  — Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Nov. 2024
• At the end of the 90-minute service, an aide wheeled Francis down the basilica’s center aisle.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
• At the start of the service, Francis bent over to kiss a statue of the baby Jesus in the basilica.
  — Frances D'emilio, The Seattle Times, 24 Dec. 2017
• The basilica is believed to have sat more than two stories tall.
  — Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
• The pope also won’t celebrate Mass on New Year’s Day in the basilica for the same reason.
  — Fox News, 1 Jan. 2021
• The Easter celebration will be the first of any kind in the basilica in nearly a month.
  — Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2020
• The pope always visits the basilica after a foreign trip to pray at a beloved icon of the Virgin Mary.
  — Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 14 July 2021
• One half of it was a barrel vault, like the inside of a Roman basilica; the other half was a groin vault, like the nave of a cathedral.
  — Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
• The coffin will return to the public’s view Thursday when it is carried out of the basilica.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 4 Jan. 2023
• Huge crowds filed past his final resting place in the basilica.
  — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
• The basilica's twin neogothic towers, standing 70 yards high, are a landmark feature in the heart of the city.
  — Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2020
• For the moment, the Chrysalis looks a bit like a Roman ruin, the wells resembling the bays of some ancient basilica.
  — Adrian Cho, science.org, 18 July 2024
• Before it was brought to the Chicago area, the Des Plaines icon was touched to the original image and blessed at the basilica by the church’s then-rector.
  — Laura Rodríguez Presa, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2021
• This year, those pilgrimages have also been banned and the basilica will be closed.
  — Laura Rodríguez Presa, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2020
• The basilica is already scheduled to be open to mourners for a third and final day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, April 25.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
• The chalky-white basilica of Sacré Coeur, the inescapable domed landmark atop Montmartre, is the handiwork of these right-wing Catholics.
  — Rachel Donadio, The Atlantic, 22 Nov. 2021
• How can a basilica stay dry amid rising water in Venice, Italy?
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2021
• But in 1087, so the story goes, traders from the Italian city of Bari stole the saint’s bones and transported them to their hometown, where a basilica was built to house them.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 5 Oct. 2017
• But it's believed that in 1087, traders from the city of Bari in Italy broke into the crypt and stole his bones, bringing them to the basilica in their hometown where they are still revered.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 8 Dec. 2017
• Spread across three floors with several balconies, it is located near the town’s picturesque basilica.
  — Silvia Marchetti, CNN Money, 18 May 2025