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basilius

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Ba⋅sil⋅i⋅us

  [buh-sil-ee-uhs, -zil-]
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–noun
Saint. Basil, Saint.

Bas⋅il

  [baz-uhl, bas-, bey-zuhl, -suhl]
–noun
1. Saint. Also, Basilius. (“the Great”), a.d. 329?–379, bishop of Caesarea in Asia Minor (brother of Saint Gregory of Nyssa).
2. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “royal.”
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Basil 
masc. proper name, from Gk. Basileios "kingly, royal," from basileus "king."
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