byzantium

Byzantium

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395 (context:location)
    2. 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 (context:location)

byzantium

byzantinism

Byzantinism

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters (context:cognition)

byzantinism

byzantine architecture

Byzantine architecture

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. the style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire developed after the 5th century; massive domes with square bases and round arches and spires and much use of mosaics (context:cognition)

byzantine architecture

byzantine

Byzantine

– definition :

  • (adjective)
    1. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (context:all)
    2. of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium (context:pert)
    3. of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it (context:pert)
  • (noun)
    1. a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire (context:person)

– Sample : “byzantine”

  • Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship
  • Byzantine monks
  • Byzantine rites
  • Oh, what a tangled web we weave
  • a knotty problem
  • convoluted legal language
  • convoluted reasoning
  • got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering
  • the Byzantine tax structure
  • the plot was too involved
  • tortuous legal procedures
  • tortuous negotiations lasting for months
byzantine

byzant

Byzant

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages (context:possession)

byzant

byword

Byword

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people (context:communication)

byword

byway

Byway

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. a side road little traveled (as in the countryside) (context:artifact)

byway