byzantine

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
adjective of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium

Those spindles are Persian, while the filigree is more Byzantine than anything else. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown

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