Byzantine (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it; "Byzantine monks"; "Byzantine rites".
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
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Meaning 2
Of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium.
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
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Meaning 3
Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "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"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months".
Classification
All adjective clusters.