byzantine
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ˈbÉĒ
bi
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zən
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ˌtaÉĒn
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/bÉĒzˈɑːntiːn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "byzantine"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ

so detailed and complex that understanding becomes difficult
byzantine definition and meaning
Disapproving
Formal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The legal system's Byzantine regulations made it nearly impossible for ordinary citizens to navigate.
āφāχāύāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāχāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āύāĻžāĻ—āϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āĻļāĻšāϰ āϝāĻž āĻāĻ–āύ āχāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦ⧁āϞ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžāχāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāχāύ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ, āϤāĻžāϰ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻ“ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ

relating to the ancient city now called Istanbul or the Byzantine Empire, known for its historical and cultural significance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The Byzantine influence can be seen in Eastern Orthodox traditions today.
āĻŦāĻžāχāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāχāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āφāϜ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨā§‹āĻĄāĻ•ā§āϏ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨā§‹āĻĄāĻ•ā§āϏ āϚāĻžāĻ°ā§āϚ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϰ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāϚāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϤ, āĻŦāĻžāχāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāχāύ

relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church and its traditional Greek ceremonies and rituals
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The Byzantine Church follows ancient Greek religious practices.
āĻŦāĻžāχāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāχāύ āϚāĻžāĻ°ā§āϚ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧀āĻ• āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāχāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāχāύ, āĻŦāĻžāχāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāχāύ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϤ

marked by grand domes, intricate mosaics, and elaborate decorative details, often associated with the style developed in the Byzantine Empire
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Byzantine architecture features large central domes supported by pendentives.
āĻŦāĻžāχāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāχāύ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ­ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ—āĻŽā§āĻŦ⧁āϜ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāχāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāχāύ, āĻŦāĻžāχāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāχāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

a person from the Eastern Roman Empire, which existed from 330 to 1453 AD
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The Byzantines played a key role in preserving ancient Greek and Roman knowledge.
āĻŦāĻžāχāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāχāύāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧀āĻ• āĻ“ āϰ⧋āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāϪ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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