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Byzantine

Byzantine

2 8.8
A person from the ancient city of Byzantium or its empire
  • noun
  • /bɪˈzæntiːn/
translation icon : bizantino
  • The Byzantines were known for their impressive architectural achievements, including the Hagia Sophia.

Recognition by the Franks coming from the West, or restorate, or recognition from the Byzantines coming from the South.

Examples

  • This, however, is where the Byzantines had their first decisive victory.

  • However, the Byzantines still had holdings both in Europe and Asia, and they would remain a player going forward.

  • The location of Christian traditional sites has always been based upon the presence of an early church either from the Byzantine or the Crusader period, and still is to this day.

    Academic text (2004)

  • After that, the use of organs in the West died out for 200 years, although they survived and flourished in the Eastern, or Byzantine, Empire, whose capital was Constantinople.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Great empires—Persian and Byzantine—fell before the energetically expanding community of Muslims.

    Blog text (26)

  • The general austerity and rather iconic quality forcibly recall Byzantium; both Demus and Cahn have rightly described these as "provincial Byzantine."

    Academic text (1991)

  • During the height of the Byzantine Empire, its influence extended across much of Europe and Asia.

  • Many Byzantine scholars preserved ancient texts, which contributed to the Renaissance in Europe.

Synonyms

Constantinopolitan
vsByzantine
9.9

A person who lives in or comes from Constantinople, now called Istanbul

is broader, meaning any inhabitant of the empire rather than only the capital

Compounds

Byzantine Empire
1 6.3

The eastern part of the Roman Empire centered on Constantinople that lasted from about 395 to 1453

Byzantine Church
8.3

The Christian church in the Eastern Roman Empire with old worship services and traditions

Byzantine Greek
  • Specialized
9.9

A form of Greek used in the Byzantine Empire from about 600 to 1200

Byzantine Greek language
  • Specialized
9.9

A form of Greek spoken and written in the Byzantine Empire from about 600 to 1200

Byzantine architecture
  • Specialized
8.8

A style of building with large domes on square bases and many mosaics

Byzantine bureaucracy
9.9

A very complex, slow system for a government or organization with too much paperwork

Byzantine rule
9.8

Very complicated rules that are hard to follow or understand

Surface Forms

Byzantine singular
Byzantines plural

Morphology

Byzantine = Byzantium (transparent) = Byzantium + ine

The noun for an inhabitant is a direct derivation from the place name using the adjectival/denominal formation, so the relation is clear.

Etymology

Byzantine originally meant a person from the city Byzantium, so a Byzantine is simply someone who lived in that city or in the eastern empire.