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BYZANTINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Byzantine" is a kind of...):
Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)
Holonyms ("Byzantine" is a member of...):
Byzantine Empire; Byzantium; Eastern Roman Empire (a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395)
Byzantium (an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
Example:
tortuous negotiations lasting for months
Synonyms:
Byzantine; convoluted; involved; knotty; tangled; tortuous
Classified under:
Similar:
complex (complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Byzantine Empire (a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it
Example:
Byzantine rites
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Eastern Orthodox Church (derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites)
