Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Byzantium | Yes | No | No | No |
Byzantine | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Byzantium (noun) | Byzantine (noun) |
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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 native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire |
a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395 |
Byzantium (adjective) | Byzantine (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 |