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Byzantine

Letters that make Byzantine

a, b, e, n, t, z, i, y are letters that make 'Byzantine'

Words within Byzantine

AN, ti, NT, tine, byzant, ant, anti, by, in, tin, IN, NE, In, Ne, Ti are words within 'Byzantine'

Byzantine is a 9 letter word starting with b
Byzantine is a 9 letter word ending with e

4 possible definitions for 'Byzantine'

Byzantine as "a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire"

Under this definition, byzantine is a noun and has the following properties:

Byzantine as a type

'Byzantine' can be a type of Asian, Asiatic.

Byzantine as a member

'Byzantine' can be a member of Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Eastern Roman Empire, Byzantium.

Byzantine as "of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it"

Under this definition, byzantine is an adjective and has the following properties:

Pertain to Byzantine

Eastern Church, Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox pertain to 'Byzantine'.

Example of byzantine used within this context

"Byzantine monks", "Byzantine rites"

Byzantine as "of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium"

Under this definition, byzantine is an adjective and has the following properties:

Pertain to Byzantine

Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Eastern Roman Empire pertain to 'Byzantine'.

Byzantine as "highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious"

Under this definition, byzantine is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

knotty, involved, tangled, convoluted, tortuous have the same meaning as 'Byzantine'

Derivatives of Byzantine

complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness are derivatives of 'Byzantine'.

Similar to Byzantine

complex is similar to Byzantine.

Example of byzantine used within this context

"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"