| byzantine | (n) a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire |
| byzantine | (adj) of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it, Example: Byzantine monks; Byzantine rites |
| byzantine | (adj) of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium |
| byzantine | (adj) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - Sir Walter Scott, Syn. convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous, Example: the Byzantine tax structure; Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship; convoluted legal language; convoluted reasoning; the plot was too involved; a knotty problem; got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering; Oh, what a tangled web we weave; tortuous legal procedures; tortuous negotiations lasting for months |
| byzantine architecture | (n) the style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire developed after the 5th century; massive domes with square bases and round arches and spires and much use of mosaics |
| byzantine empire | (n) a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395, Syn. Byzantium, Eastern Roman Empire |
| byzantium | (n) an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital |
| Byzantian | a. & n. See Byzantine. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| Byzantine | a. Of or pertaining to
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| Byzantinism | n. The doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters. |
| Byzantium | prop. n. An ancient city on the Bosphorus founded by the Greeks. It was later renamed |
| byzantinisch { adj } | Byzantine [Add to Longdo] |
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