Bŷz'ant or Bŷz'an-tīne, n.

noun

n. [L. Lat. byzantius, M. Gr. βυζάντιος, Fr. besant, Pr. bezan, Sp. besant, besante, It. bisante, from Lat. Byzantius, Byzantinus; from Byzantium.] (Numis.) A gold coin of the value of fifteen pounds sterling, so called from being coined at Byzantium.

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Bĭz'an-tinep. 137See BYZANTINE.
By-zăn’tīne or Bŷz'an-tīne, a.p. 180adjective(Geog.) Pertaining or belonging to Byzantium. Byzantine style (Arch.), a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine empire, about A. D. 300. Its leading forms are the round arch, the dome, the…