Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to St. Basil the Great, a Greek father of the Christian church in the fourth century, or to the monastic rule given by him.
- noun A monk or nun belonging to one of the religious congregations following the rule of St. Basil.
- noun One of a congregation of priests devoted to the education of young men for the priesthood, founded in 1800 by the archbishop of Vienne, France.
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Examples
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Of the relations between the Byzantine text and the Alexandrian 'Basilian' liturgies, I do not intend to speak here: it is the Byzantine text that poses the more interesting questions in this context.
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While wandering around the Catholic blogosphere I encountered Basilian Father Chris Valka discussing video games.
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While wandering around the Catholic blogosphere I encountered Basilian Father Chris Valka discussing video games.
January 2010 2010
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Sister Keyrouz, who was raised a Maronite Catholic, is a member of the Congregation of the Basilian Couetires, a Melkite Greek Catholic religious order.
"Vatican newspaper highlights work of scholarly singing nun" bls 2009
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Sister Keyrouz, who was raised a Maronite Catholic, is a member of the Congregation of the Basilian Couetires, a Melkite Greek Catholic religious order.
Archive 2009-03-01 bls 2009
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Basilian Father Thomas Rosica is the Vatican's English-language press attache for the 2008 world Synod of Bishops.
Archive 2008-10-05 papabear 2008
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Basilian Father Thomas Rosica is the Vatican's English-language press attache for the 2008 world Synod of Bishops.
Fr. Thomas Rosica, Pius XII and His Bible Revolution papabear 2008
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I don't presume to know better than the pope, but my first choice would have been the deeply intelligent and more orthodox Basilian Archbishop J.
Lifesite profile of Archbishop Collins of Toronto Suzanne 2006
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This wondrous Event took place in the 8th century A.D. in the little Church of St. Legontian, as a divine response to a Basilian monk's doubt about Jesus' Real Presence in the Eucharist.
Feast of Corpus Christi Terry Nelson 2006
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The relative order of Word, Wisdom and Light is identical to Basil and to Antioch 341, with the added insertion of dunamis in its Basilian position.
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