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Definition of byzantine

Byzantine
Byzant Byz"ant, Byzantine Byz"an*tine (-[a^]n"t[imac]n) n.[OE. besant, besaunt, F. besant, fr. LL. Byzantius, Byzantinus, fr. Byzantium.] (Numis.) A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant.
Byzantine
Byzantine By*zan"tine (b[i^]*z[a^]n"t[i^]n), a. Of or pertaining to Byzantium. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. [ Written also Bizantine.] Byzantine church, the Eastern or Greek church, as distinguished from the Western or Roman or Latin church. See under Greek. Byzantine empire, the Eastern Roman or Greek empire from a. d. 364 or a. d. 395 to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, a. d. 1453. Byzantine historians, historians and writers (Zonaras, Procopius, etc.) who lived in the Byzantine empire. --P. Cyc. Byzantine style (Arch.), a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine empire. Note: Its leading forms are the round arch, the dome, the pillar, the circle, and the cross. The capitals of the pillars are of endless variety, and full of invention. The mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, and the church of St. Mark, Venice, are prominent examples of Byzantine architecture.

Meaning of byzantine from wikipedia

- the byzantine empire was the predominantly greek -speaking continuation of the roman empire during late antiquity and the middle ages .
- byzantine art is the artistic products of the eastern roman , or byzantine , empire, as well as the nations and states that inherited
- byzantine architecture is the architecture of the byzantine or later roman empire . this terminology is used by modern historians to
- the byzantine text-type (also called majority text, traditional text, ecclesiastical text, constantinopolitan text, antiocheian text, or
- byzantine greeks or byzantines. (Βυζαντινοί. medieval greek or hellenised citizens of the byzantine empire , centered mainly in constantinople
- the byzantine army was the primary military body of the byzantine armed forces, serving alongside the byzantine navy . the byzantine army
- this is a list of the byzantine emperors from the foundation of constantinople in 330 ad, which marks the conventional start of the east
- the byzantine rite, sometimes called the rite of constantinople or constantinopolitan rite is the liturgical rite used currently (in
- byzantine music. (Βυζαντινή Μουσική. is the music of the byzantine empire composed to greek texts as ceremonial, festival, or church music
- the city remained the capital of the byzantine empire until 1453, when it was conquered and became the capital of the ottoman empire .