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Byzantine

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Byzantine

1
 adjn
of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
2
 adj
of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it
3
 adj
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Byzantine
1

adj of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium

n a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire

Type of:
Asian, Asiatic
a native or inhabitant of Asia
2

adj of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it

“Byzantine monks”
“Byzantine rites”
3

adj highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

“the Byzantine tax structure”
“Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship”
Synonyms:
convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous
complex
complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
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