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Noun: Byzantine 'bizun`teen- A native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
Adjective: Byzantine 'bizun`teen- Of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it
"Byzantine monks"; "Byzantine rites" - Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
"the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship" - convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous - Of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
Derived forms: Byzantines See also: Byzantine Empire, complex, Eastern Orthodox Church Type of: Asian, Asiatic Part of: Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Eastern Roman Empire Encyclopedia: Byzantine |