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adjectivehighly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
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nouna native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
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of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it
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of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
Definition that contains byzantine
- justinian Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565)
- justinian i Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565)
- justinian the great Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565)
- belisarius Byzantine general under Justinian I; he recovered former Roman territories in northern Africa and fought against the Persians