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English to English adjective
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of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it |  | Example: Byzantine monks
Byzantine rites
source: wordnet30
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of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium | | source: wordnet30
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Of or pertaining to Byzantium. | | source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | | Example: 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
tortuous legal procedures
tortuous negotiations lasting for months
source: wordnet30
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire | | source: wordnet30
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