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Basileus

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A Greek word, meaning "king " A title assumed by the emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire. It is used by Justinian in some of the Novels; and is said to have been applied to the English kings before the Conquest.

See 1 Bl. Comm. 242.