Byzantine

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Byzantine[1,adjective] Byzantine[2,noun]

Main Entry: ¹Byz·an·tine
Pronunciation: 'bi-z^&n-"tEn, 'bI-, -"tIn; b&-'zan-", bI-'
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient city of Byzantium
2 : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire especially in the fifth and sixth centuries featuring the dome carried on pendentives over a square and incrustation with marble veneering and with colored mosaics on grounds of gold
3 : of or relating to the churches using a traditional Greek rite and subject to Eastern canon law
4 often not capitalized a : of, relating to, or characterized by a devious and usually surreptitious manner of operation <a byzantine power struggle> b : intricately involved : LABYRINTHINE <rules of Byzantine complexity>