sb. pl. [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.
