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byzantine

/ˈbɪzəntiːn/noun, adjective3 syllables

Byzantine means: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious.

Synonyms for byzantine7

adjective, as in highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous, labyrinthine, complex

What does byzantine mean?4

adjective

1

highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious“the Byzantine tax structure”

2

of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it“Byzantine monks”

3

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

noun

1

a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Byzantine in a sentence

  • The ancient Roman and Byzantine empires had well-developed associations known as demes.Feyza
  • How long did the Byzantine rule last in Algeria?Amastan
  • The archaeologists found a relic from the Byzantine Empire.IMer
  • The Ottomans brought the long-lived Byzantine Empire to its end.Amastan
  • In Byzantine sources the medieval Hungarian state was called Tourkia.Adelpa
  • The Byzantine Empire is a historical construction.shekitten
  • Dominant Berber kingdoms were more and more present during the Byzantine rule of North Africa.Amastan

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Forms of byzantine

as a noun

plural
byzantines