Byzantine – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Byzantine
adj.
of or pertaining to Byzantium; of or pertaining to the Byzantine Empire; (Christianity) of or pertaining to the Eastern Orthodox Church; complex, complicated, intricate, convoluted; characterized by sneakiness, characterized by deceitful and clandestine methods
n.
native or inhabitant of Byzantium
Byzantine Empire
The
Byzantine Empire, sometimes referred to as the
Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the
Roman Empire in the East during
Late Antiquity and the
Middle Ages, when its capital city was
Constantinople (modern-day
Istanbul, originally founded as
Byzantium). It survived the
fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to the
Ottoman Turks in 1453. During most of its existence, the empire was the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in Europe. Both "Byzantine Empire" and "Eastern Roman Empire" are historiographical terms created after the end of the realm; its citizens continued to refer to their empire as the
Roman Empire (,
tr. ; ), or
Romania , and to themselves as "Romans".
Byzantine
Noun
1. a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
(hypernym) Asian, Asiatic
(member-holonym) Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Eastern Roman Empire
Adjective
1. of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it; "Byzantine monks"; "Byzantine rites"
(pertainym) Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Church, Eastern Orthodox
2. of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
(pertainym) Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Eastern Roman Empire
3. highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "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"
(synonym) convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous
(similar) complex
4. characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue; devious; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "a fine hand for Byzantine deals and cozy arrangements"
(similar) artful
byzantin
adj.
Byzantine
Byzantine
(n.)
A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople.
(n.)
A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to Byzantium.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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