| 单词 | byzantine empire |
| 释义 | Byzantine Empirenounthe Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Empire in a.d. 476. Capital: Constantinople. Words nearby Byzantine Empireby-your-leave, Byz., Byzantine, Byzantine chant, Byzantine Church, Byzantine Empire, Byzantinism, Byzantinist, Byzantium, Byzas, Bz. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Byzantine EmpireByzantine Empire nounthe continuation of the Roman Empire in the East, esp after the deposition of the last emperor in Rome (476 ad). It was finally extinguished by the fall of Constantinople, its capital, in 1453See also Eastern Roman Empire Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Byzantine EmpireByzantine Empire [ (biz-uhn-teen, biz-uhn-teyen, bizan-tin) ] An empire, centered at Constantinople, that began as the eastern portion of the Roman Empire; it included parts of Europe and western Asia. As the western Roman Empire declined, the Byzantine Empire grew in importance, and it remained an important power in Europe until the eleventh century. The Byzantine Empire was conquered by Turkish forces in the fifteenth century. The Byzantine emperor was an absolute ruler (see absolute monarchy), and the laws and customs associated with his empire were strict and complex. His rule was supported by the Christian Church in the region, which later became the independent Eastern Orthodox Church. notes for Byzantine EmpireThe word byzantine is often applied to a group of intricately connected and rigidly applied regulations or traditions, or to a complex bureaucracy that insists on formal requirements. notes for Byzantine EmpireConstantinople is called Istanbul today. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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