בָּסִילְקִי, (βασιλική, sub. στοά) basilica, a building with colonnades for holding courts, also meeting place for merchants, exchange, forum. Yoma 25ᵃ כמין ב׳ גדולה was built in the style of a large basilica (semicircular). Tosef. Succ. IV, 6 (describing the Alexandrian Synagogue); Succ. 51ᵇ. Gen. R. s. 68 עולים לב׳ וכ׳ one goes up to the basil. and finds the King holding court. Ex. R. s. 15; Tanḥ. Ḥaye 3 שמא אצל ב׳ וכ׳ perhaps he wanted me to wait for him near the basilica (on the forum). Esth. R. to I, 3. Toh. VI, 8; Tosef. ib. VII, 12; a. fr. [Y. B. Bath. IV, 14ᶜ bot. בסלקי, v. כַּלְכּוֹס.]—Pl. בָּסִילְקָאוֹת. Ab. Zar. 16ᵇ שלש ב׳ הן וכ׳ there are three kinds of basilicas, for Kings (holding court), for baths, and royal treasuries (τὸ βασιλικόν, sub. ταμεῖον, S.). Tosef. Ohol. XVIII, 18 selling wheat בב׳ שלהן in their (the gentiles’) exchanges. [Lev. R. s. 34 בסלקי, read בפִילָקִי.]