Byzantine Definition
byzantine
adjective
- of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it; "Byzantine monks"; "Byzantine rites"
- of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
- highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
noun
- a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
"Byzantine" in song lyrics
See how byzantine is used in real songs:
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"You wanna see the platinum in my mouth and my Byzantine"
Lil' Flip — I Got Flow -
"the armenian emperor of byzantine"
AOL — AOL -
"4 sided byzantine"
AOL — AOL
Words that rhyme with byzantine
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