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1. (adj.) Byzantine
of or pertaining to Byzantium or the Byzantine Empire.
2. Byzantine
of or in the style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire, characterized by masonry construction, round arches, low domes on pendentives, and the extensive use of mosaics.
3. Byzantine
(sometimes l.c.)
4. Byzantine
extremely complex or intricate.
5. Byzantine
characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue, esp. to obtain political advantage.
6. (n.) Byzantine
a native or inhabitant of Byzantium.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < LL B&ymacr;zantīnus of Byzantium ; see -ine1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) Byzantine
a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
2. (adj) Byzantine
of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it
"Byzantine monks"; "Byzantine rites"
3. (adj) Byzantine
of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
4. (adj) Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
"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"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
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1. (adj) byzantine
of or pertaining to Byzantium
2. (noun) byzantine
a gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant
3. (noun) byzantine
a native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople
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