assisté, not ' assisted

1. 20. basilique, ' basilica ' : an oblong public hall in a Roman town, usually with an apse and columns forming aisles, employed in the administration of justice and for othcr public needs. Some of thèse buildings being afterwards uscd as churches. the common meaning in Christian times is that of ' church '. It is probably %\-ith a spice of malice that Voltaire hère gives the name to a théâtre.