Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BAS-IL'I-AN-MONKS
BAS'IL-AR, or BAS'IL-A-RYBAS'IL-IC, or BA-SIL'IC-AL
BAS-IL'I-AN-MONKS,
monks of the order of St. Basil, who founded the order in Pontus. The order still exists, but has less power and celebrity than formerly. – Encyc.
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