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byzantine
Anoun
1 Byzantine
 a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
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Badjective
1 Byzantine
 characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue; devious; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "a fine hand for Byzantine deals and cozy arrangements"
2 Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous
 highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by lab
3 Byzantine
 of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
4 Byzantine
 of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it; "Byzantine monks"; "Byzantine rites"

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