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    [Adjective]  | "Byz*an*tine" | \ ˈbi-zᵊn-ˌtēn \


    1: of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient city of Byzantium

    2: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire especially in the fifth and sixth centuries featuring the dome carried on pendentives over a square and incrustation with marble veneering and with colored mosaics on grounds of gold

    3: of or relating to the churches using a traditional Greek rite and subject to Eastern canon law


    Origin: 1651 ;

    [Noun]  | "Byzantine" 


    1: a native or inhabitant of Byzantium


    Origin: 1651 ;

    [Adjective]  | "byzantine" 


    1: having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated;


      * e.g., " ... spent his first year at the Pentagon just trying to fathom its byzantine workings "






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