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byzantine

1. By.zan.tine \'biz-*n-.te-n, b*-'za*n-; 'biz-*n-.ti-n; b*-'zant-*\ nn : a 
   native or inhabitant of Byzantium 
2. Byzantine aj 1: of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient city 
   of Byzantium  2: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style 
   of architectu re developed in the Byzantine Empire esp. in the 5th and 6th 
   centuries featuring the dome carried on pendentives over a square and 
   incrustation with marble veneering and with colored mosaics on grounds of 
   gold 3: of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rite 
   characteristi c of it