Basilian
of or relating to saint basil or to his monastic rule.
a monk or nun following the rule of saint basil.
historical examples
it contains a number of relics of saints brought from the east by basilian monks.
walks in rome augustus j.c. hare
he also built a monastery in connection with the church, and established a society of basilian monks in it.
harper’s new monthly magazine, no. xxvii, august 1852, vol. v various
the basilian fathers were less considerate of insanity than the paris doctors, and nicholas perished at the stake in 1446.
a history of the inquisition of the middle ages; volume iii henry charles lea
joachim does not conceal his sympathies with the ideal of basilian monachism.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 15, slice 4 various
whilst he ascended the throne, theodora sunk into the grave; the last of the macedonian or basilian dynasty.
the history of the decline and fall of the roman empire edward gibbon
noun
a monk of the eastern christian order of st basil, founded in cappadocia in the 4th century a.d
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