byzantine

byzantine is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant. Face value is 23 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 23 · Words With Friends 25 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant.
2. adjective. Of or pertaining to Byzantium.
3. noun. A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople.
4. noun. a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
5. adjective. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious- Sir Walter Scott

   "the Byzantine tax structure"

   "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"

   Synonyms: convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous

6. adjective. of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
7. adjective. of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it

   "Byzantine monks"

   "Byzantine rites"

Synonyms

convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous

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