byzantine
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1. a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire (noun.person)
| member meronym | : | byzantine empire, byzantium, eastern roman empire, |
| definition | : | a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395 (noun.location) |
| member meronym | : | byzantium, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
2. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (adj.all)
| similar | : | complex, |
| definition | : | complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness, |
| definition | : | puzzling complexity (noun.attribute) |
3. of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | byzantine empire, byzantium, eastern roman empire, |
| definition | : | a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395 (noun.location) |
4. of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | eastern church, eastern orthodox, eastern orthodox church, orthodox catholic church, orthodox church, |
| definition | : | derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites (noun.group) |
5. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (adj.all)
| derivation | : | complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness, |
| definition | : | puzzling complexity (noun.attribute) |
6. of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | byzantine empire, byzantium, eastern roman empire, |
| definition | : | a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395 (noun.location) |
7. of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | eastern church, eastern orthodox, eastern orthodox church, orthodox catholic church, orthodox church, |
| definition | : | derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites (noun.group) |
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