What is "byzantine" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does byzantine mean in English? Meaning of byzantine definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "byzantine" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "byzantine": a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire

Noun

  • Meaning: a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
  • Synonyms: byzantine
  • Hypernyms: asian asiatic
  • Meaning of "byzantine": of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it

    Adjective

  • Meaning: of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it
  • Example: Byzantine monks Byzantine rites
  • Synonyms: byzantine
  • Meaning of "byzantine": of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium

    Adjective

  • Meaning: of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
  • Synonyms: byzantine
  • Meaning of "byzantine": highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

    Adjective

  • Meaning: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
  • Example: the Byzantine tax structure Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship convoluted legal language convoluted reasoning the plot was too involved a knotty problem got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering Oh, what a tangled web we weave tortuous legal procedures tortuous negotiations lasting for months
  • Synonyms: byzantine convoluted involved knotty tangled tortuous
  • Similar: complex
  • Adjective: Alternative spelling of Byzantine 2008, Dan Bilefsky, Fears of New Ethnic Conflict in Bosnia, New York Times The result is a byzantine system of government directed by 160 ministers, a structure that absorbs 50 percent of Bosnia’s gross domestic product of $15 billion, according to the World Bank.2008, Dan Bilefsky, Fears of New Ethnic Conflict in Bosnia, New York Times The result is a byzantine system of government directed by 160 ministers, a structure that absorbs 50 percent of Bosnia’s gross domestic product of $15 billion, according to the World Bank.
  • Synonyms:

    complicated, convoluted, detailed, devious, difficult, elaborate, intricate, involved, labyrinthine, tortuous, daedal,

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