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Definitions
a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire
Word origin
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βασιλεύς (basileús, “chief, king”).
Used in a sentence
“For two centuries its towers and domes were to rise in the heavens, drawing the attention of Emperors and Basilei, of Popes and Patriarchs.”
“Although portrayals of basileis of the eleventh century wearing the loros in the traditional manner are not lacking, I cannot cite a Byzantine example of metropolitan origin later than 1100.”
“In our third example, the tyrant Nabis usurped power from the traditional, dual basileis of Sparta, then had them executed.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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