adj.

1. 1. Of or relating to the ancient city of Byzantium.
   2. Of or relating to the Byzantine Empire.
2. Of or belonging to the style of architecture developed from the fifth century A.D. in the Byzantine Empire, characterized especially by a central dome resting on a cube formed by four round arches and their pendentives and by the extensive use of surface decoration, especially veined marble panels, low relief carving, and colored glass mosaics.
3. Of the painting and decorative style developed in the Byzantine Empire, characterized by formality of design, frontal stylized presentation of figures, rich use of color, especially gold, and generally religious subject matter.
4. 1. Of the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it.
   2. Of a Uniat church that maintains the worship of the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it.
5. often byzantine
   1. Of, relating to, or characterized by intrigue; scheming or devious: “a fine hand for Byzantine deals and cozy arrangements” (New York).
   2. Highly complicated; intricate and involved: a bill to simplify the byzantine tax structure.

n.

A native or inhabitant of Byzantium or the Byzantine Empire.

adjective

Difficult to understand because of intricacy: complex, complicated, convoluted, daedal, Daedalian, elaborate, intricate, involute, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled. See simple/complex.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire; massive domes with square bases and rounded arches and spires and minarets and much use of mosaics
  Synonym: Byzantine architecture

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The adjective Byzantine has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church
  Pertains to noun: Eastern Orthodox Church (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or ancient Byzantium
  Pertains to noun: Byzantine Empire (meaning #1)

Meaning #3: highly involved or intricate
  Synonyms: convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous

Meaning #4: characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue; devious

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - byzantinsk
n. - byzantiner

Français (French)
adj. - byzantin, de Byzance
n. - style byzantin, byzantin

Deutsch (German)
adj. - byzantinisch, undurchschaubar/nicht ganz ehrlich, aus Byzanz, dem östlichen Römischen Imperium
n. - Byzantiner

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Βυζαντινός
adj. - βυζαντινός

Italiano (Italian)
bizantino

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
adj. - bizantino (m)

Русский (Russian)
византийский

Español (Spanish)
adj. - bizantino, de Bizancio
n. - bizantino

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bysantin
adj. - bysantinsk

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
东罗马帝国的, 拜占庭式的, 拜占庭人, 画家

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 東羅馬帝國的, 拜占庭式的
n. - 拜占庭人, 畫家

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 비잔티움[제국,건축 양식]의, 음모의
n. - 비잔틴인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ビザンチン帝国の, ビザンチン建築様式の, 陰謀をめぐらす, ビザンチウムの
n. - ビザンチン人, ビザンチウムの人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) من بيزنطيا (صفه) بيزنطي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ביזנטי, מסובך, ערמומי, מפותל‬
n. - ‮תושב ביזנטיון או הקיסרות הרומית המזרחית, ביזנטי‬

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Byzantine Jewelry	byzantine band
Byzantine By Rochas	Byzantine Gold Angel Cross