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bɪˈzantʌɪn,
bʌɪ-/
adj.
- relating to Byzantium (later called Constantinople, now Istanbul), the Byzantine Empire, or the Eastern Orthodox Church.
▸of a rich and highly decorated artistic and architectural style which developed in the Byzantine Empire and spread to Italy, Russia, and elsewhere.
- excessively complicated and detailed.
▸characterized by deviousness or underhand methods.
n.
a citizen of Byzantium or the Byzantine Empire.
Derivative
- Byzantinism
/bɪˈzantɪnɪz(ə)m, bʌɪ-/
n. - Byzantinist n.