BYZANTINE


Meaning of BYZANTINE in English

By ‧ zan ‧ tine /baɪˈzæntaɪn, -tiːn, bɪ- $ ˈbɪz ə ntiːn, -taɪn/ BrE AmE adjective

[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Late Latin ; Origin: Byzantinus , from Byzantium Turkish city (now Istanbul), from Greek Byzantion ]

1 . ( also byzantine ) complicated and difficult to understand:

the byzantine complexity of our tax laws

2 . relating to the Byzantines or the Byzantine Empire:

a 5th-century Byzantine church

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.