Byz|an|tine

Byz|an|tine
Byz|an|tine «BIHZ uhn teen, -tyn; bih ZAN tihn», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. of or like the Byzantine Empire or Byzantium, an ancient city, afterward Constantinople.
2. a) having to do with a style of art developed in Byzantium, characterized by emphasis on formal religious symbols, the absence of perspective, and the use of gilding and rich colors. b) of or like Byzantine architecture.
3. having to do with the Byzantine Empire.
4. of or having to do with the Eastern Church: »

the Byzantine rite.

5. resembling or suggesting the politics of ancient Byzantium; characterized by much scheming and intrigue: »

Was French party politics, with its Byzantine maneuvers and its feuding factions, really en route to a transformation? (New York Times).

–n.
a native or inhabitant of Byzantium.
╂[< Latin Byzantīnus < Byzantium, ancient Greek city, now Istanbul]

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