basilics,n.pl.|bəˈsɪlɪks|[ad.L. basilica (also used inEng.), a.Gr.βασιλικά, neut.pl.ofadj.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.[1652NeedhamSelden's MareCl.96Which is manifest enough, not onely in the Basilica..but also by the Decrees established by the Emperor Leo.]1751ChambersCycl.s.v.,The basilics comprehend the institutes, digests, code and novels, and some edicts of Justinian.1771Raper inPhil.Trans.LXI. 513A scholiast on the Basilics tells us.