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BAS'ILAR BAS'ILARY, a. s as z. [See Basilic.] Chief; an anatomical term applied to several bones, and to an artery of the brain. Basilian monks, monks of the order of St. Basil, who founded the order in Pontus...

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BAS'ILAR

BAS'ILARY, a. s as z. [See Basilic.]

Chief; an anatomical term applied to several bones, and to an artery of the brain.

Basilian monks, monks of the order of St. Basil, who founded the order in Pontus. The order still exists, but has less power and celebrity than formerly.

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