A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, an honorific status granted by the pope to recognize its historical, architectural, or sacramental importance.
The area surrounding the altar of a Christian church; the sanctuary or piscina. Sometimes specifically a drain directly to the earth, perhaps including reference to a basin, for washing vessels from consecration.
In Ancient Rome, a place where sacred objects were kept, either in a temple (the adytum) or in a house (holding the penates)
The complex sacrum of any bird.