Byzantine
noun
1 Byzantine
A native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire.
Dutch: Byzantijn
adjective
1 Byzantine
Of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it.
2 Byzantine
Of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium.
Polish: bizancki, bizantyjski, bizantyĆski
3 Byzantine
Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious:
— The Byzantine tax structure.
— Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship.
synonyms: convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous.
Moby thesaurus: Machiavellian, artful, balled up, calculating, canny, collusive, complex, complicated, confounded, confused, connivent, conniving, conspiring, contriving, convoluted, crabbed, crafty, cunning, daedal, designing ... show more.
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