Byz·an·tine
ˈbi-zᵊn-ˌtēn
ˈbī-,
-ˌtīn;
bə-ˈzan-ˌtēn,
bī-ˈzan-
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient city of Byzantium
Byzantine art
2
architecture
: 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
Christianity
: of or relating to the churches using a traditional Greek rite and subject to Eastern (see eastern sense 2) 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
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