Similar words: quarantine, elephantine, wanting, panting, ranting, sentinel, planting, chanting. Meaning: [bɪ'zntaɪn /-'zæn-] n. a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire. adj. 1. of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it 2. of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium 3. highly complex or intricate 4. characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue; devious.
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(1) There are also several well-preserved Byzantine frescoes.
(2) And the Byzantine coins imply some connection with Constantinople.
(3) They can resort to Byzantine, even Machiavellian manipulations.
(4) It incorporates three influences: Roman, Byzantine and Romanesque.
(5) Apart from the dome and pendentive construction, Byzantine methods and materials vary according to locality.
(6) It had houses on it in Roman and Byzantine times, and the stone lion has long since vanished.
(7) The exterior of Byzantine churches is plain and simple; its appearance is ceded to the glory of the interior.
(8) They are built on the Byzantine pattern, in small scale, and have painted fresco decoration.
(9) The essential characteristic of Byzantine dome construction is that such a dome is supported upon and covers a square form.
(10) Capitals and Columns Byzantine capitals show great variety of form and detail.
(11) the Byzantine period[Sentencedict.com], between the fourth and seventh centuries A.D.
(12) Covering artists from Byzantine times to the nineteenth century, it should allow scholars to establish underdrawing styles for individual painters.
(13) Byzantine Follis I enclose wax impressions and a rubbing of what I think to be a coin.
(14) Like most Byzantine churches it is unpretentious and lacking in colour.
(15) It is different from any Byzantine architecture in east or west but owes much of its fundamental character to the Byzantine style.
(16) But the Byzantine emperors were themselves no more trusting and would generally keep their foreign envoys in virtual isolation.
(17) If the Byzantine Empire would ever bring itself to unite with the Empire of the West.
(18) The chief types of Byzantine church plan are as follows: 1.
(19) These mosaics are not only decoration; they are an integral part of the Byzantine scheme of architecture.
(20) The ramparts are also popular among gophers and ground squirrels, whose Byzantine burrows are often a key culprit in levee breaks.
(21) The adjacent campanile is also interesting and is a combination of Norman and Byzantine work.
(22) Inside the cathedral there is more light than is usual in such great Byzantine churches.
(23) Their central courts, colonnades, arcades and cupolas followed the Byzantine model.
(24) Inside, there are frescoes in rich colour typical of the best of late Byzantine work.
(25) The Orthodox Church is composed of 23 self-governing churches that emerged from the Byzantine Empire.
(26) The eastern end of the church has an apse of Byzantine form, that is, semi-circular inside and polygonal outside.
(27) There are 3 great sets of commentaries on Aristotle: the neo-Aristotelian, the neo-Platonic and the Byzantine.
(28) Without doubt the chief reason for this is the eastern influence on the Byzantine Empire.
(29) They are buildings of the Romanesque or Gothic periods and possess strong Byzantine characteristics.
(30) Here shown are the defensive walls and towers and, inside, the Byzantine style churches.
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