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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA male given name from Ancient Greek, in quiet but steady use in the UK.
Name of several early saints, particularly in the Orthodox Church, from Latin Basilius, from Ancient Greek Βασίλειος (Basíleios). Doublet of Vasilios and Vasily.
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