Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Byzantine | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Byzantium | Yes | No | No | No |
Byzantine (noun) | Byzantium (noun) |
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a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire | an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital |
a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395 |
Byzantine (adjective) | Byzantium (adjective) |
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of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium | |
of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it | |
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious |